Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address Saturday to blast President Barack Obama’s health-care law and described the Internal Revenue Service as the “new Gestapo.”

SKOWHEGAN — A $400,000 downtown revitalization grant is on hold following a freeze on the issuance of $40 million in voter-approved bonds by Gov. Paul LePage.

WINTHROP — When voters return to the polls Tuesday, they’ll see a proposed school budget that is $116,000 less than the one rejected June 12.

MILLTOWN, New Brunswick — It’s late in the alewives’ spring run, and overnight just five fish have climbed the fish ladder at the Milltown Dam, which spans the St. Croix River on the Maine-New Brunswick border.

An 88-year-old man drives the wrong way on Interstate 295 for two miles.

Lawyers drained Linda Brice’s bank account and seized a quarter of her take-home pay, or more than $900 a month. Brice, a first-grade teacher and Coast Guard veteran, begged for mercy, saying she couldn’t afford food, gas or utilities.

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