The Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest fair in Maine, is in its 194th year.
It continues at Skowhegan Fairgrounds for 10 days with rides, animal exhibits and competitions, music, demolition derbies, harness racing and other entertainment. The fair is billed as the nation’s longest continuously operating agricultural fair.

FAYETTE — Meredith Pepper had just put a movie in for her three children to watch Thursday afternoon when she heard a loud boom.

AUGUSTA — A Kennebec County Superior Court grand jury this week handed up indictments charging three men with five recent pharmacy robberies, including two in Fairfield and Waterville.

NEW YORK — A surprise surge in gasoline prices is taking some of the fun out of summer.