WATERVILLE — City councilors on Tuesday debated whether to build a new police station now or start the process and bond for most of it later.

AUGUSTA — State lawmakers must find $120,000 to maintain funding for three scientists who inspect shellfish beds, which are critical to Maine’s $20 million-a-year shellfish industry, Sen. Lois Snowe-Mello, R-Poland, said Tuesday.

AUGUSTA — Parents who question the safety of vaccines are battling with Maine’s medical establishment about two bills that could have the effect of lowering vaccination rates.

WASHINGTON — Quick: What do these things have in common? Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Wall Street volatility. A cranky, even angry American populace.

High schools in Fairfield, Madison and Newport are now eligible for up to $4 million in federal funding to raise academic achievement after they were named Tuesday to a list of Maine’s persistently low-achieving schools.

FAIRFIELD — A woman and her baby were taken to a Waterville hospital Tuesday after being bitten by a dog at their home on Ricker Street, according to police.