Gov. Paul LePage takes a swipe at Democrats in his weekly radio address; the governor uses the Boston Marathon bombing suspects search to oppose gun-control measures; and taxes take center stage at the State House this week.

Two Kennebec County employees and one retiree should have been able to enroll for Maine Public Employees Retirement System benefits, a court has ruled, and the county will be responsible for paying the difference.

The Farmington Historical Society has purchased the Octagon House at the corner of High and Perham streets and hopes to soon open the historic building to the public.

A high-tech, $20,000 buoy, the first of its kind in Maine, is armed with sensors that will begin sending a continuous data stream describing real-time conditions in Great Pond to a global network of scientists.

Christopher R. Harmon, 36, of Dayton; Stephen B. Cormier, 57, of Augusta; and Jed Ian St. Hilaire, 34, of Winthrop were indicted Friday by a Kennebec County grand jury.

The opposing parties in the process to establish a water level on Clary Lake have both sent comments objecting to parts — or the entire premise — of a depth study conducted last year by the state Department of Environmental Protection.