WATERVILLE — Bob Woodward, who with another Washington Post reporter investigated the 1972 Watergate break-in, will receive Colby College’s Lovejoy Award.

More than 3,000 customers in some Augusta-area communities lost power for a few hours during the wee hours Wednesday morning after a failure at a substation, according to Central Maine Power.

The racket from pile-driving behind the Kennebec County Courthouse in Augusta — work that will eventually result in an expanded courthouse — drove a jury trial to Farmington on Wednesday.

PITTSFIELD — Police continue to search for the man who attempted to rob the pharmacy at Rite Aid Tuesday morning.

GARDINER — The executive director of Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center is leaving at the end of the month after over eight years at the nonprofit, which hosts educational and performing arts programs at its historic downtown venue.

WINTHROP — Project Reach specialist Hauns Bassett watched Wednesday morning as his students struggled through a communication and team-building exercise, undermined by the traits that prompted them to attend a leadership conference in the first place.