RANDOLPH — Residents on Wednesday refused to adopt a budget recommended by selectmen that would have offered two full-time town employees health insurance.

The first wave of televised political advertisements by an outside group attempting to influence the U.S. Senate race in Maine is expected to hit local screens tomorrow.

Melissa Willey was dubious when she received word last year that she had been invited to the London Olympics.

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials have agreed to investigate whether Maine soldiers were exposed to potentially toxic chemicals — including Agent Orange — while training at a Canadian military base from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s.

Supporters of allowing same-sex couples to marry in Maine continue to raise money at an impressive clip, pulling in more than $1.1 million so far.