A human rights activist and Muslim scholar spoke to a group at the University of Maine at Augusta. He says other Muslims condemn the actions of the Boston Marathon bombers.

Pittston voters recalled one public official and elected another in Wednesday’s election, moves that reflected the public’s backlash after the firing of the town’s longtime town clerk, Ann Chadwick.

Maine’s turkey population has been invested with a virus that causes lesions on the birds.

Michele Corson, of Skowhegan, charged with conspiring to murder her brother’s ex-wife, agreed Wednesday to be extradited to New Hampshire.