Meg Robbins

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

AUGUSTA — Rain patters on the pavilion at Mill Park on a Tuesday in early May. It’s nearly the end of the day for the Augusta Farmers Market, but the energy is high. Kids stomp around in muddy yellow boots, vendors chat with each other and somewhere, a family is boiling fiddleheads for the first time. Farmers market season takes root in May with the promise of sweet vegetables and sunny days ahead.

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

Kara Peruccio beat out two competitors Friday to become a champion on “Jeopardy!,” the iconic, long-running TV quiz show. Her streak ended with a loss on Monday, but for Peruccio, a professor of history and gender studies at the University of Maine, the experience was still a lifelong dream fulfilled. Peruccio, who lives in Bangor, said she grew up watching “Jeopardy!” and dancing along to the music with her twin sister, who also competed on the show back in 2013.

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

A Deering High School student was mistakenly apprehended by South Portland Police during lunch period Wednesday afternoon. The student was one block away from the school when he was detained and later released, according to a letter sent to the school by the principal, Jake Giessman.

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

A Brewer pediatrician has been cleared of allegations he ignored a woman’s concerns that her child was shaken by the baby’s father. The Maine Board of Medical Licensure agreed after hearing from several witnesses Tuesday that Dr. Albert Adams had not violated any professional or ethical standards earlier this year. The board’s deliberation was brief, and members didn’t say much after a 5-hour hearing where they heard from Adams and several others.

1 month ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

Maine has lost $9 million it was awarded to reduce flooding and restore fish habitats Downeast as part of the Trump administration’s continued efforts to cut federal spending. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration notified the Maine Department of Marine Resources in April that the project was an “overuse of taxpayer dollars” and no longer “relevant” to the administration’s priorities.