On Saturday, 456 graduates of the University of Maine at Farmington were urged to let go of imaginary lines that needlessly divide people and keep them from joining together to support each other.

Demolition of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church continued this week with much of the roof removed but the steeple still atop the 137-year-old building.

The bodies of Kenneth Henderson 40, of China, and John Spencer, 41, of Litchfield, were found around 11:30 am Wednesday in approximately 60 feet of water on Rangeley Lake, according to the Maine Warden Service.

A Readfield mother and daughter have a non-traditional way of celebrating Mother’s Day: on a 1976 Honda Goldwing motorcycle.

Searchers returned empty-handed Thursday after resuming their search for three snowmobilers missing in Rangeley Lake since winter, even as curious onlookers checked with them to see if any of the bodies had been found.

As of Tuesday, Doug Oliver had volunteered for 50 years with the Farmington Fire Department, making him its longest-serving firefighter.

The town of Farmington has a new firetruck, thanks to volunteer firefighters and public works officials who built the vehicle themselves as a cost-saving measure.