PALERMO — Town Meeting voters started implementing recommended changes for the Town Office Saturday.

ROME — Residents agreed to start saving money for a new community center roof at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday.

GREENVILLE — The last time workers hauled the 220-ton steamship Katahdin from Moosehead Lake, they forced I-beams through its first-deck hull by cutting it open, then lifted it up and out of the water.

If I turn my head slightly to the left, I can see it from here.

AUGUSTA — Ten Maine public employees took in an average of $168,000 each last year by collecting a salary and a state retirement pension at the same time, data from the Maine Public Employees Retirement System shows.

WINSLOW — When the paternal family of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds was displaced from their home by a two-week forensic investigation, a family in a neighboring town offered them food, clothing and a place to stay.

William Kayatta Jr. of Cape Elizabeth, President Obama’s choice to fill Maine’s sole seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, is scheduled to get a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

AUGUSTA — The state’s 70-year-old pension system may soon be retired.

BENTON — Voters at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday stayed close to projected spending recommendations for the coming year, keeping the tax rate at $11.50 for every $1,000 in property valuation.

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Area High School took top honors in the regional drama festival in Skowhegan this weekend with its haunting production of “Bow Down,” a centuries old story of jealousy and murder.
Skowhegan, under the direction of Maura Smith and her husband Tim Wheeler, won first place in the Class A category for schools with more than 550 students.