Local residents turned in unwanted medications Saturday morning at the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office in Augusta, where drugs from many participating Kennebec County municipalities would be collected for later incineration.

$11.4 million federal effort to boost Maine’s wood pellet industry, early returns seem to indicate that the investment was a sound one with money helping drive Maine toward a stronger sustainable forestry economy and reduced dependence on foreign oil.

For three years, Regional School Unit 18 and and the state of Maine, has been changing to an educational system called mass customized learning, also called standards-based, or proficiency-based, learning.

Watch DOGS — Dads of Great Students, allows fathers to volunteer as a positive male presence in school communities, having set up its first Maine chapter in Belgrade, is spreading throughout the state.

Some Hallowell bars can not allow dancing without dance licenses and have all applied to the State Fire Marshal’s Office and will be subject to inspections to ensure the locations meet minimum standards outlined in the Life Safety Code — a nationally recognized guidebook for fire safety.