WINSLOW — Lisa Ericson and the other visiting educators had tears in their eyes.

WINSLOW — Four sisters who own a camp on the shores of Pattee Pond remember a much different time years ago, when the water was silty and slimy.

WINSLOW — Amid scorching hot temperatures, Priscilla Ouellette grabbed her small dog and a phone and ran outside Friday afternoon as a fire that started on her porch quickly consumed her mobile home.

NEWPORT — The funeral for Army Pfc. Tyler M. Springmann, the 19-year-old from Hartland who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, will be a week from today in the same high school gymnasium where he graduated.

Astronaut Stephen Bowen watched on TV early Thursday morning as Atlantis landed, signaling an end to NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program. Bowen, 47, felt a mixture of emotions as the shuttle touched down at 5:57 a.m. at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

WATERVILLE — Director Louise Milne and producer Sean Martin went through a list of festivals last year and decided, based on timing and curiosity, to premiere their new entry in North America at the Maine International Film Festival.

WATERVILLE — Director Louise Milne and producer Sean Martin went through a list of festivals last year and decided, based on timing and curiosity, to premiere their new entry in North America at the Maine International Film Festival.