FARMINGTON — Farmington’s zoning ordinance is unnecessarily discouraging businesses, according to town leaders, who have drafted a proposal that they hope will help the town grow.

GEORGETOWN — Some Georgetown residents are saying state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin’s request to move his 10 acres of waterfront property out of the state’s Tree Growth Tax law is a tacit admission that he should never have been allowed to enroll in a program that has saved him thousands of dollars in property taxes.

Less than two weeks ago, a Canadian energy company and a major wind power developer with turbines in Maine announced they had closed a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars to expand wind power projects across the Northeast.

AUGUSTA — A statewide panel looking for solutions to Maine’s prescription drug abuse crisis refined its action plan Tuesday as the state was hit with its 24th drugstore robbery, a figure equal to the total number of pharmacy robberies that occurred last year.

DETROIT — The Supreme Court ruling that banned states from imposing mandatory life sentences on juveniles offers an unexpected chance at freedom to more than 2,000 inmates who had almost no hope they would ever get out.

PORTLAND — More than 90 Maine children who are in foster care will have to get services elsewhere because Casey Family Services is shutting down its offices in seven states to redirect those resources into grants.