TAMPA, Fla. — Maine Republicans gathered in Tampa Thursday night to hear GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney tell voters across the nation what they insist they already know: that he has the business skills, political acumen and personal drive to turn the country around.

WINDSOR — A new cost-sharing formula could be a hard sell in the northern part of Regional School Unit 12, where towns are likely to face tax increases.

SACO — Jerry Chevalier used to find litters of kittens under a pile of old lobster traps, and feces strewn across the lawn of his family’s home.

FARMINGDALE — Police are seeking the burglar who broke into a Maine Avenue salon Wednesday night or Thursday morning and made off with the salon’s cash register.

PORTLAND — Maine’s newest casino had revenues of nearly $10 million in its first two months of operation, while revenues at the state’s other casino in Bangor have fallen since the new casino opened.

AUGUSTA — City police are looking for those responsible for more than dozen break-ins on Bond Brook Road in the past two weeks.

AUGUSTA — The VA Maine Healthcare System at Togus will host a commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11.

AUGUSTA — Wednesday, at 8:57 a.m., trespassing was reported on Bridge Street.