Police have taken a man into custody following a standoff with police.

WINTHROP — Twenty-six years ago, Andy and Sheree Wess bought a motel property in need of work on the north end of Lake Cobbossee in East Winthrop.

SKOWHEGAN — Dale Watson was about 10 years old when somebody snapped a picture of him and his father, Charles, examining milling equipment at the family’s grist mill in Skowhegan.

WASHINGTON — With the nation peering over the fiscal cliff and Congress likely to cast votes Sunday or Monday on possible alternatives, it is worth taking another look at where members of Maine’s delegation stand — or stood recently — on the major issues.

FARMINGTON — On Friday Sheriff Dennis Pike turned over the keys to the sheriff department car, and by the new year he will have cleaned out the few belongings he’s kept at the office.

WINSLOW — Emergency workers closed a section of Route 32 for more than an hour Saturday afternoon after snowy conditions caused a two-vehicle crash.

WILTON — The recycling program that the town switched to in September is expected to save taxpayers a few thousand dollars annually in disposal costs and is being greeted enthusiastically by residents, according to Town Manager Rhonda Irish.