CHINA — A local woman is organizing an effort Saturday morning to help a family that is being forced to move from its home because town officials have deemed the property dangerous.

AUGUSTA — Local teachers and administrators said Tuesday they are frustrated by a perceived lack of respect from Gov. Paul LePage, and they asked their local state representative to do something about it.

AUGUSTA — Three Augusta-area legislators have signed on to a new bill that would prohibit cities and towns from requiring superintendents to live in their own school district.

AUGUSTA — Mayor William Stokes said cities and towns will be forced to raise property taxes if the Legislature approves Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to eliminate state revenue sharing payments for two years.

AUGUSTA — Lawmakers this week will visit several central Maine destinations — including Madison Paper, Thomas College and the New Balance shoe factory in Skowhegan — as part of a tour sponsored by the Maine Development Foundation.

AUGUSTA — Megan Rice and other mothers gathered at the State House Wednesday to protest a LePage administration recommendation that they say doesn’t go far enough to protect young children from the chemical bisphenol-A.

AUGUSTA — A family living in a home that’s been declared dangerous by the town of China has two weeks to let the Superior Court know if they are able to sell the property.