UNITY — The farmers who have revitalized Maine’s local agriculture movement are increasingly likely to be young and female, Kathleen Merrigan, the No. 2 agriculture official in the Obama administration, told a crowd at the Common Ground Country Fair on Sunday.

Police are trying to determine whether the same man is responsible for two robberies of a Newport Rite Aid, spaced exactly one month apart.

The van destroyed a fire hydrant and hit a sewer cap before stopping about 30 feet from the roadside. The driver was not injured.

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Ashley Tenney says her 8-month-old daughter suffered seizures and was hospitalized after being alone with the girl who was charged with manslaughter in the July death of an infant.

The girl is the youngest child to be charged with manslaughter in the state over the past 25 years.