Closing times will be 4:30 p.m. beginning Sept. 6 for most of the state’s 36 courthouses.

Town tax bills are down about 5 percent following the departure of former Tax Collector Claudia Viles, who was convicted of stealing more than $500,000 in excise tax money from the municipal coffers.

The 28-year-old Corinna man, who police said was suicidal, had a gun and was parked at the end of the parking lot near U.S. Route 2, causing a massive police response at Wal-Mart as customers were kept locked inside the store for more than two hours.

Timothy Danforth, 24, charged with murder in the death of Micheal Reis, 24, of New Sharon, is being held without bail following his Friday arraignment.

Timothy Danforth, 24, was arrested Thursday and charged with killing Michael Reis, of New Sharon, on June 1 at Danforth’s Weld Road mobile home in Wilton.

Alison Thomas, 36, pleaded guilty to robbing man at knifepoint while demanding drugs and money.