The last two deer hunting seasons, Ron Hodge, of Winthrop, passed up shots at relatively small deer early in the season, hoping and waiting for a chance at a big buck. He ended up with nothing.

HALLOWELL — Two people were injured when their pickup truck sped out of control down steep Winthrop Street, across a Water Street intersection often packed with cars and pedestrians, and into a parked car, which was launched across the sidewalk and into a small city park Saturday afternoon.

AUGUSTA — A veteran city councilor who promises to continue to help the city form partnerships with the private sector squares off with a newcomer who says he will listen to constituents who he feels haven’t been heard.

It’s not every day that a candidate for elected office admits that he previously voted for his opponent.

MANCHESTER — Some uninvited and unwelcome political signs on Route 17 in front of Lakeside Orchards cost the business some regular customers, the owner said, so an employee took the signs down.

AUGUSTA — A city councilor seeking re-election had to pull the plug on his daughter’s efforts to raise money for his campaign by holding a raffle because doing so violated state gaming laws.

AUGUSTA — The battle between two firms vying to bring a natural gas pipeline to the Kennebec Valley has entered a new and more contentious stage.