CHINA — Selectmen on Monday narrowly agreed to recommend creating a new part-time town librarian position, as they firmed up spending requests ahead of the March 24 annual town meeting.

AUGUSTA — Evert Fowle, the district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties, received a unanimous vote of approval Tuesday from a state panel after Gov. Paul LePage nominated him to be a district court judge.

CHELSEA — The town clerk has resigned after six months on the job.

MADISON — As the town and a competing company gear up for another vote on a proposed town-owned natural gas pipeline, the company is trying to persuade residents that they don’t need to borrow $72 million to hook up to natural gas.

PORTLAND — Occupy Maine protesters who have camped in Portland’s Lincoln Park since October told a judge Tuesday that their occupation of the park is protected political speech.

WASHINGTON — President Obama has nominated William Kayatta Jr. of Cape Elizabeth to fill Maine’s seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, the White House announced Monday.

AUGUSTA — A legislative committee endorsed an anti-bullying bill Tuesday that would set guidelines for schools statewide.

GARDINER — Councilors at tonight’s meeting plan to decide whether to stay with the same firm that provides the city with legal services.