Yesterday at 7:54 PM

Sebasticook to the sea: Alewives' perilous lives crucial to ecosystem, economy Several photos included in this story

Like the alewives themselves, the money traded for the fish is passed up and down the Sebasticook River and all along Maine's coast.

Yesterday at 9:31 PM

NHL PLAYOFFS: Big 2nd, 3rd periods lift Bruins

BOSTON (AP) -- Claude Julien wanted his Bruins to play more aggressively in the third period. The Boston coach got his wish with the help of some shaky defense by the New York Rangers.

May 18

• MOVIES • Several photos included in this story

• Admission • The Croods • 42 • Future Weather • GI Joe: Relatiation • The Host • Identity Thief • Jurassic Park • The Place Beyond the Pines • Olympus Has Fallen • On the Road • Oz: The Great and Powerful • Safe Haven • Scary Movie 5 • War Witch

Yesterday at 7:58 PM

STILL LIFE: Fiddlin' around

Cody Sack, left, and his twin brother, Chase, fill a cooler with fresh-picked fiddleheads their grandfather, Peter Sack, picked recently, at their home in Waterville on Thursday.

Top Stories

Pre-K programs grow, even as school districts make difficult cuts

Several photos included in this story Even as school officials have made cuts elsewhere and overall enrollment has declined by 3.6 percent since 2009-10, the number of children enrolled in pre-kindergarten in eight Augusta-area school districts has risen 11.5 percent, from 486 in 2009-10 to 542 this year.

7:48 AM

Gov. LePage silenced in visit to panel

His surprise request to speak is rebuffed in order to keep ‘politics’ out of talks to deal with his MaineCare cutoff warning.

Federal bill could boost local farmers' sales, even as it trims food-stamps benefits

Congress is preparing to debate major farm and food policy bills that would likely cut funding to programs used by many low-income Mainers but could separately provide a boost to Maine's thriving local foods movement.

From a stranger's kindness, a better world is in our ken

A stranger's gesture reminds me that in a world where so many bad things happen every day, there are people who are good and thoughtful and kind.

Other Maine News Headlines

Fallen heroes honored at Waterville wreath-laying Sunday

About 50 veterans, firefighters, police officers, Knights of Columbus, Elks and others turned out for a wreath-laying ceremony in Waterville Sunday, during which uniformed officials laid wreaths at stones representing their respective groups.

Burgeoning Bull Moose plans Waterville expansion to former Mr. Paperback digs

The Bull Moose store at Elm Plaza in Waterville is bursting at the seams and plans to expand this summer into the former Mr. Paperback space next door.

Gas pipeline spurs Norridgewock to revisit shoreland zoning rules

Norridgewock is considering revising an ordinance that protects wetlands in an effort to be friendlier to businesses, according to the town manager.

Four arrested following twin fracases in downtown Waterville Sunday

Erica Ricker, 29; Heather Spaulding, 28; Marcella Coffin, 23; and Lacey Wilson, 27, all of Waterville, were charged with disorderly conduct fighting Sunday, following two disturbances.

Sports from the Morning Sentinel

NHL PLAYOFFS: Big 2nd, 3rd periods lift Bruins

BOSTON (AP) -- Claude Julien wanted his Bruins to play more aggressively in the third period. The Boston coach got his wish with the help of some shaky defense by the New York Rang ...

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• Admission • The Croods • 42 • Future Weather • GI Joe: Relatiation • The Host • Identity Thief • Jurassic Park • The Place Beyond the Pines • Olympus Has Fallen • On the Ro ...

News from the Kennebec Journal

Kennebec Journal area police log, May 19, 2013

Augusta, Saturday, At 4:44 p.m., firefighters responded to an alarm on Green Street.

News from the Press Herald

 Portland program clears path to college for immigrants Several photos included in this story Video clip included

City schools provide guidance for those unfamiliar with the complex system of SATs, student aid and more.

Nation & World

Shira ScheindlinCase puts N.Y. police tactics on trial

The judge who presides over the trial says she treats the government as only one more litigant.

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