WINTHROP — No one was injured Wednesday morning when smoke on a school bus forced the evacuation of about a dozen children on Narrows Pond Road.

ANSON — There are no contested races for town positions this year, but two new faces will appear on the board of selectmen if no one runs as a write-in candidate.

AUGUSTA — A security checkpoint is now operating at the main entrance to the State House, screening visitors to keep weapons out of the building, Capitol Police Chief Russell Gauvin said Wednesday.

ANSON — Alan Walker has been re-appointed fire chief every year for more than a decade. That changed last week after firefighters were told Walker wouldn’t have the support of the board of selectmen.

WASHINGTON — Maine’s members of Congress say they oppose the Internet anti-piracy legislation that prompted a wave of protests Wednesday, including blackouts by websites like Wikipedia.