Waterville police chief was recently invited by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to speak to 300 pharmacists and others from all over the Northeast about a prescription drug diversion program he had started in 2007.

Nicholas Cheese, 26, of Oxford, England, was arrested on a federal warrant on Friday.

Organizers of Franklin County’s first homeless shelter have postponed the shelter’s opening date from Oct. 1 to at least Oct. 15 because of delayed construction and a funding shortage.

During wide-ranging discussion of homelessness, Augusta officials confront problems of space and funding even as the need is great.

A Jackman man is free on bail after police raided his home Thursday and arrested him on marijuana cultivation charges, seizing 71 marijuana plants.