WILTON — Selectmen have accused Central Maine Power Co. of intentionally ramping up its installation of wireless electricity meters in town to keep them from passing a moratorium to temporarily ban the project.

SOUTH PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage told business leaders at Southern Maine Community College Wednesday that legislation passed earlier this year to reduce red tape was just a “down payment” on the work he intends to do to help them prosper.

AUGUSTA — The state watchdog office will conduct a risk assessment at MaineHousing in the coming months following a directive issued by the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee.

PORTLAND — The tropical storms that drenched the Northeast this year left an unexpected bounty: Thousands of mushrooms have sprung up on some lawns, and foragers have filled bags with wild ones plucked from the earth, stumps and logs.

FAIRFIELD — Dana Doran’s children will be pleased the black and yellow “helicopter” has taken flight at Kennebec Valley Community College.

Officials are investigating why it hit an underwater object, the second at-sea incident in two years.

Briana Quirion, 12, center, swings as her brother Alex Owens, 10, leaps from his swing Tuesday at North Street Park in Waterville.