Completion of the Maine State Library’s $1.9 million Broadband Technology Opportunity Program was hailed Friday for its potential to spark economic recovery by providing the unemployed the tools they need to land a job.

Mark Hedden, 83, of Vienna, a well-known archaeologist in Maine, was safe Tuesday evening after he became lost in the woods.

John Murray, 62, of Augusta, who was injured seriously when his apartment burned Sunday morning, had called the city just two days earlier seeking an inspection to address safety concerns he had about his unit.

Approximately 40 parents gathered at the Henry L. Cottrell School in Monmouth to discuss what they perceive to be ongoing bullying at the pre-kindergarten through third-grade school.

Gardiner and Augusta police departments will be among those across the state to step up enforcement of the state’s mandatory seat belt law over the next two weeks as part of the national Click It Or Ticket campaign.

A Leeds teen was injured Sunday in a spectacular crash on Route 219 in Wayne that sent her sport utility vehicle hurtling end-over-end.

Priscilla Stevenson, 95, is just the second person to be awarded the Wayne Cane, the town’s version of the Boston Post Cane, since the tribute began in 2008.

The men and women graduating Saturday from Kennebec Valley Community College were urged to make the most of their opportunities through hard work, integrity and discipline.