Women who are obese during pregnancy are about 67 percent more likely than normal-weight women to have autistic children, a study shows.

Multiple traffic stops will be needed for repairs to a bridge that carries Route 197 traffic in Litchfield.

There are no heath clinics in Kit, a region of 22,000 people in South Sudan. There are no doctors or nurses. If a woman in labor runs into trouble, her only hope is to get to the main road and wait for a car traveling to Juba, the capital, more than 60 miles away.

WATERVILLE — Kelsea Tortorella remembers riding in the car with her mother, tossing about ideas for what she might major in when she goes to college next year.

WATERVILLE — Waterville police will be out of the basement of City Hall and in new quarters by Jan. 1 if all goes according to plan.

AUGUSTA — The following is a list of cases closed between March 29-April 4, 2012, in Augusta District Court:

AUGUSTA SATURDAY At 12:48 p.m., criminal trespass was reported on Orchard Street. 7:09 p.m., criminal trespass was reported at Damon’s Beverage Barn on Bangor Street. 7:15 p.m., harassment was reported on Washington Street. 7:18 p.m., a 49-year-old Augusta man was summonsed for assault on Northern Avenue. 9:23 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Bridge Street. […]