The fort Steven St. Pierre, 46, and his daughters have built is roughly 10 feet tall, 15 feet wide and about 20 feet long.

Capital Area Technical Center students are doing local residents’ taxes for them for free, as part of a program that could result in the students, upon successful completion of the program and an exam, becoming certified tax preparers.

Four legislators who represent all or part of Augusta hosted a forum at City Center to talk with residents about the proposed state budget’s effects and where changes can be made.

No charges are likely in connection with a traffic accident Friday afternoon on Waterville’s Main Street that sent five people to the hospital, police say.

Sidney will charge property owners roughly $168,000 less for municipal services than it did last year, but those savings are likely to be offset by increased county and school assessments.

Christopher Harmon, 36, of Arundel, and an unnamed a boy have been arrested in connection with a Winthrop home invasion Jan. 6

Bruce Marshall, 32, right, pours a small sample of maple syrup as Nate Smart, left, watches while sugaring in Oakland Saturday. Smart and Marshall enjoy sugaring this time of year. “It gets you out of the house. This time of year you really can’t do much. Snow is gone for snowmobiling and not dry enough for riding the ATVs.” Smart said. “Plus you have something to show for a day outdoors with some fresh maple syrup.” The two have been friends since grade school and were sugaring on their property in Oakland.

In reality, scholars say, Hitler loosened the tight gun laws that governed Germany after World War I, even as he barred Jews from owning weapons and moved to confiscate them.