A petition initiated by a resident says the head of Byron’s select board subjected town residents “to ridicule, embarrassment and disrepute.”

For the next 10 weeks, fishermen will catch the tiny translucent eels, known as elvers, in nets as they swim up coastal rivers and streams.

GARDINER — It probably won’t be part of the 2013-14 budget, but closing T.C. Hamlin School in Randolph is likely to be considered for the following year.

A convicted rapist and registered sex offender who confessed to killing his former roommate, also a sex offender, shortly before he took his own life was under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl late last year.