CLINTON — When a new town manager was hired late last month, he became the eighth person to hold the position within an 11-year span.

If it weren’t so hilly where he lives, Troy Jackson could look out the windows of his home in Allagash and see what has become the symbol of the fight over updating Maine’s mining rules.

AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta Senior College’s concert series started on the right note this year with the gift of a new grand piano to the university.

Organic farmers and friends remembered Russell Libby, a state leader in the organic farming movement, as a wise, driven leader during a memorial event Sunday hosted by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.

AUGUSTA — First there were the weeks of travel, family gatherings and parties, topped off with kisses to ring in the new year. Adults have since returned to work and children to school.

GARDINER — The city welcomed its new mayor and councilor while honoring those departing their positions at its inauguration held last week at Gardiner High School.

AUGUSTA — Darek Grant’s interest in politics stretches back to childhood, when he would enjoy watching Augusta City Council meetings and reading books about presidents.

BELGRADE — Two months before the Newtown school shooting tragedy, a national organization that formed in response to another school shooting in 1998 established a chapter at Belgrade Central School.

It’s 6 a.m. and I don’t want to get out of bed.