Heating oil or kerosene spills are an unfortunate, but common occurrence and is most often attributed to lack of maintenance.

Despite improvements to home heating technology, heating oils spills are still prevalent in Maine during the winter due to leaking or unsafe tanks.

Somerset County commissioners think exclusion from the legislative group is retaliation for their lawsuit against the state. Others say legislative leadership never sought to exclude Somerset County from the panel.

When Brandon Berry steps into the ring Thursday night, he’ll have his hometown and his one-armed lobsterman trainer behind him.

Brandon Berry, of West Forks Plantation, is one of the fighters in the Fight to Educate, a six-fight event Thursday in Manchester, N.H.

National Commander Daniel Dellinger spoke to members at Legion posts in Augusta, Winthrop, Oakland and Richmond on Saturday, and he plans to visit Unity Post 50 on Sunday.

Bill Armstrong, a former maintenance supervisor at Thayer Hospital, wanted to see the boilers and other mechanical systems that will run the new hospital scheduled to open in November in Augusta.