A spike in the cost of ambulance services for about a half dozen communities around Old Town has them starting to discuss whether to create a regional ambulance service to minimize future cost hikes.

The University of Maine celebrated 1,680 undergraduate students in two ceremonies Saturday during the 220th commencement held at Alfond Sports Arena on campus, which was packed with thousands of friends and family members.

The city of Old Town’s economic development arm will purchase a vacant building in its latest move to breathe life back into its downtown area that suffered a blow from a large fire in 2019 and has been gradually building back.

A new project at the University of Maine is bringing engineers, artists and a campus museum together to return culturally sensitive artifacts to an Alaska tribe that wants the items returned.

Timothy Tweedie, principal of Houlton Middle-High School, will take over as Veazie’s superintendent and principal of the Veazie Community School on July 1.

A student renewable energy competition returned to the University of Maine on Friday after a two-year pandemic hiatus, challenging middle- and high-school students from across Maine to create floating platforms for wind turbines that could best withstand wind and waves.