The PIttston Fair begins Thursday and runs through Sunday, and will feature a fireworks show, an agriculture day and the annual Strawberry Pageant, among other events.

Teachers layoffs will likely be needed at Jefferson Village School after residents approved a budget on Tuesday with an additional $240,000 in cuts to regular education.

Pittston residents voted to fund all the town’s requests at the special town meeting Thursday.

Rock and Roll and music education collide for young musicians during this summer’s rock camp hosted by the Maine Academy of Modern Music.

Hardware stores in Maine have been hit hard by the struggling economy, some even closing their doors. But a few, like Gosline’s Hardware in Farmingdale, are holding out and welcoming a recent small rise in sales.