AUGUSTA — Apparently 110-pound barbells, a 550-pound tire and kegs full of water weren’t enough.

MONMOUTH — Robert Brackett sat down on his front porch to read a newspaper this week and a drag race broke out.

Had enough already of the race to replace Olympia Snowe in the U.S. Senate?

READFIELD — After being left vacant at the height of summer, the Recreation Board is being repopulated with volunteers who will oversee the town beach and youth sports.

Camp Ray of Hope, an annual weekend retreat for grieving families, is moving to Friends Camp in South China this fall to help organizers attract more local volunteers.

For those who read Rachel Carson’s 1962 bestseller, “Silent Spring,” its impact often is not an abstract concept.

Police have a name for them, several names, actually.

WASHINGTON — Two of Maine’s political power brokers have tied the knot.

FAIRFIELD — The newly released contract for the first charter school in Maine has some unusual standards for the students, many of whom are already considered to be at a high risk of dropping out from a mainstream high school.

WATERVILLE — When Fred Ouellette learned the Last Unicorn restaurant was closing in late April, he wasn’t ready for it to end.