RANDOLPH — Selectmen will propose an ordinance that allows the use of fireworks and permits 18-year-olds to shoot them off.

READFIELD — All four members of the Recreation Board stepped down last week, leaving administration of recreation programs and the beach to the town manager.

BELGRADE — The annual Fourth of July frog jumping contest is back.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Jack Jacobs can proudly — and truthfully — say he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor in Vietnam. After a recent Supreme Court ruling, anyone else is free under the First Amendment to make the same claim, whether it’s true or not.

A task force created by Attorney General William Schneider to crack down on Maine’s painkiller abuse epidemic is set to present its first round of plans and recommendations to Gov. Paul LePage this week.

IN CLINTON, Saturday, at 11:33 p.m., a report of an accident involving personal injury was investigated at Powers Auto Center on Main Street.

WATERVILLE — The public can take a look and ask questions when preliminary plans for a new police station at Head of Falls go before the City Council and Planning Board tonight.