MADISON — The town will not build a natural gas pipeline through central Maine and will instead turn over the responsibility to former competitor Kennebec Valley Gas Co., town officials announced at a public hearing Wednesday night.

PHILLIPS — A 60-year-old man faces a felony charge after being accused of pointing a shotgun at another man who was hunting for coyotes Wednesday morning.

CHINA — Planning Board members continue to receive both criticism and praise for their efforts to revise the town’s shoreland septic system compliance program.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Olympia Snowe didn’t reach a final decision to not seek re-election until Tuesday, the same day she shocked the political world with the news.

AUGUSTA — Maine’s House of Representatives may vote today to request a court review of constitutional questions raised by Treasurer Bruce Poliquin’s private business activity.

AUGUSTA — How the public views art in a public space — as a message from the government or an opinion of the artist — will be at issue in federal court in Bangor when arguments begin over whether Gov. Paul LePage could remove a pro-labor mural from a state building.