MANCHESTER — Pamela J. Boivin has announced that she’s running as a Democrat in House District 83, which consists of Manchester, Belgrade, Mount Vernon, Fayette and Vienna.

JAY — When a man armed with a shotgun burst into a building at Verso Paper’s Androscoggin Mill, employees tried to disarm him before he pulled out a handgun and threatened them Wednesday morning, according to a police affidavit.

AUGUSTA — The Republican presidential caucuses that ended with controversy last month could be Maine’s last.

SOUTH PARIS — Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday that funding for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network is a form of corporate welfare that the state can no longer afford.

FARMINGDALE — Hallowell City Manager Michael Starn asked the Board of Selectmen Wednesday to consider talking with the Hallowell City Council about building a fire station for both communities.

AUGUSTA — Capital Area Technical Center instructors are worried a planned budget cut will leave them, and the special education students in their classes, without the support they need.

Flavia Kelley said the town owed her about $90,000. Town officials said the contract wasn’t ever valid. The two parties decided to settle the matter out of court.

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