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.

MOUNT VERNON — The Sunday after Thanksgiving, with firearms deer hunting season closed for the year, George Smith followed blood near his garage and drag marks to a pile of deer entrails and two empty beer bottles. He checked at the local tagging station to see who’d shot the deer on his property and left the mess.

At 5:11 p.m., shoplifting was reported at Hannaford on Cony Street.