Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit 12 is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to validate the school budget. A news brief that ran on page B3 of Wednesday’s paper listed an incorrect date provided by the source.

A group of Maine farmers challenging Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seeds is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court after a lower court ruled against it in June.

AUGUSTA — Motorists tired of waiting in traffic at one of the many construction sites where workers are laying natural gas pipeline into the ground could have years of waiting ahead of them.

PORTLAND — The makers of Chobani yogurt instituted a voluntary recall Thursday after customer complaints led to the discovery that some yogurt containers, including units sold in Maine stores, were contaminated with mold.

A cruise line that regularly calls on Portland will fit many of its ships with new controls to reduce air emissions under a tentative agreement with U.S. and Canadian regulators.

The state Charter School Commission has received letters from seven groups, including two that would operate virtual schools, intend to submit applications to open charter schools in Maine in time for the fall 2014 school year.

Starting in October, travelers who fly out of Portland International Jetport will be able to take an express lane through the U.S. Transportation Security Administration checkpoint by signing up for a new federal program.