The schools are at the top of a priority list of 71 Maine schools that applied for renovation or replacement.

The Maine senator says the Navy should fund two BIW destroyers a year in order to carry out a new defense strategy refocused on the Asia-Pacific region.

This is the first time since 1965 that homicide failed to make the list, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce says closing the mail processing center will slow mail service and cost nearly 200 jobs.

The report comes just days after the IRS estimated that people and companies underpaid their taxes by $385 billion last year.

The Waterville Police Department reported the following activity Jan. 11:

ANSON — The Anson and Madison Water District board of trustees has a vacancy for a one-year term position after member Brian Nelson resigned recently. Nomination papers are available at the Town Office.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the case this summer.