Meanwhile, the median sales price dropped by nearly 6 percent, to $149,900, last month.

The victim, 17-year-old Aleisha Sonksen, had just completed her junior year at Camden Hills Regional High School.

CHINA — Planning Board members have made final adjustments to the draft ordinance on home occupations and will invite public comments next week.

AUGUSTA — Educators in a program serving special education students at Capital Area Technical Center sought to get funding for the program reinstated into the proposed $26.8 million proposed school budget Wednesday.

AUGUSTA — Eliminating state funds for public radio and television would devastate the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, executives and supporters told lawmakers Wednesday.

SKOWHEGAN — Ramen noodles or steak and potatoes?

AUGUSTA — State Rep. John Martin is sponsoring a bill that would make it easier for the Canadian-based Irving family to mine for valuable minerals on a Maine mountain at the same time he is negotiating a $250,000 bankruptcy debt with an Irving-family oil business.

AUGUSTA — A bill requiring rigorous performance evaluations for teachers and principals was unanimously endorsed Wednesday by a legislative committee.