BELGRADE LAKES — A crew of surveyors in orange vests are spending the week on Main Street, measuring the road and sidewalks for a state upgrade.

Gov. Paul LePage is refusing to sign off on the issuance of $40 million in bonds that were authorized by voters in 2010.

READFIELD — Approval of the budget will be the main business at the annual Town Meeting Thursday.

VASSALBORO — Residents approved the $1.7 million town budget late Monday night, but the results of the school budget ratification vote won’t be known for at least a few weeks.

LITCHFIELD — A Kansas man wanted for several drug manufacturing and trafficking charges was arrested Monday without incident at a Jimmy Pond Lane camp.

Rep. Les Fossel was leading and Stuart Smith 809-411 Tuesday night in the Republican primary for Senate District 21, according to unofficial results.

Partial results put the Republican primary for House District 50 in a near-tie late Tuesday.

William Guerrette III defeated Ryan Wheaton 351-305 in the Republican nomination for House District 79, according to unofficial results on Tuesday.

WINTHROP — Complete results were not available late Tuesday in the Democratic primary for House District 82, but Craig Hickman appeared headed for a comfortable victory after soundly defeating Kevin Cookson. Hickman collected 507 votes to Cookson’s 148 in unofficial results from Winthrop. Readfield, which also is represented by District 82, did not provide results […]

Gay Grant won a three-way race in Tuesday’s election, beating opponents Harvey DeVane and Phillip Barter in the Democratic primary for House District 59.