A proposed two-year limit on Medicaid coverage for a widely used medicine for opiate addicts would lead to increased addiction and overdose deaths at a time when the state is trying to turn the tide on a prescription drug abuse epidemic, according to physicians and addicts.

OAKLAND — An afternoon of brass and big band holiday music is set for Sunday at Messalonskee Performing Arts Center at Messalonskee High School.

As the state continues to reel from a domestic violence homicide this summer, legislators may turn to strengthening bail laws to keep repeat abusers in jail until they go to trial.

WATERVILLE — An aggressive dog mauled a child Wednesday on Water Street, and Watervile Police Chief Joseph Massey is fed up. He plans to propose an ordinance to City Council that would restrict large aggressive breeds.

AUGUSTA — A burglary suspect who allegedly tried to extort the homeowners afterward was indicted Thursday on seven charges by a grand jury in Kennebec County Superior Court.