The state Department of Economic and Community Development awarded $590,000 to six Maine communities in the third round of Community Development Block Grants this year.

Businesses in Skowhegan and Anson are among six in Maine communities to share $590,000 awarded by the state Department of Economic and Community Development through its Community Development Block Grant program.

An autopsy performed Sunday on the body of a man shot to death Saturday revealed someone else pulled the trigger.

AP)- Maine state police have now classified the shooting death of a man in his pickup truck in the town of Anson as a homicide.

State police are investigating a "suspicious" shooting death of an Anson man. Everett Cameron, 60, was found dead in his pickup truck around 4 p.m. Saturday, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said.

Cousineau Wood Products is one step closer to employing five to 10 more workers after selectmen stamped their approval Tuesday night for the final round of a business assistance grant.

IN ANSON, Wednesday at 11:16 a.m., a report of a theft was investigated on Preble Avenue.

Hot Shot Blue Chip and Steve Condren made a late stretch run to upset favorite, Cesar A Blue Chip, in the C$100,000 Canadian Trotting Classic consolation at Mohawk tonight, stopping the timers in 1:54. Cesar A Blue Chip , who dueled with Senator Hall through the early fractions, was second by a length, and P J Clark took the show spot.

Randy Gardner was interested as soon as he saw the news reports. Gardner, the owner of a Bangor contracting and construction company, immediately went to the Web site of the University of Maine's AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center to research the center's "bridge-in-a-backpack" technology, which was unveiled to the public in February.

Students at the AEWC, with a piece of composite "bridge in a backpack" cable in the background.

An organization that helps middle and high school students with life skills, from how to manage a budget, to writing a resume, will start up four new programs this school year in Somerset County.

An organization that helps middle and high school students with life skills, from how to manage a budget, to writing a resume, will start up four new programs this school year in Somerset County.

She'll sing for you at the drop of a hat, but as to how she feels about being one of the oldest human beings on the planet, Mary Josephine Ray is pretty much keeping that to herself.

Jim Amaral, owner of Borealis Bread, rounds dough made with flour from Maine-grown whole wheat at his bakery on Ocean Avenue in Portland.

Fire destroyed a building that housed a wood-turning mill on Rand Road off Route 148 late Wednesday, Fire Chief Joe Paradis said Thursday.