More than a dozen local men armed with brooms and shovels cleaned winter sand and gravel off Donigan Road in Moscow on Tuesday. Road Commissioner Jay Rollins said there is enough road work to keep the workers busy for a week.

Mark Rogers, of Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham, was the fifth overall pick in the 2004 draft, and is returning from a 25-game suspension.

A Harvard review of a number of studies found the most optimistic people had half the risk of a first heart attack when compared to the least optimistic.

An equal number of U.S. Secret Service agents and military personnel were also present, other officials said.

Among those who haven’t flatly ruled out being Romney’s running mate: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and vanquished foe Rick Santorum.