Turner voters back budget, pot stores and more

At Turner's annual Town Meeting on Saturday, its first in two years, the $3.2 million budget was approved and the door was opened to the sale of recreational marijuana.

Photo: Dusting up the field in Livermore

Photo Album: Balloon launch over Livermore

The Bates High Altitude Ballooning Club sends up a weather balloon that soars to a tree in Gorham.

Central and western Maine schools lose state money as COVID-19 cuts enrollment

More parents home-schooled during the coronavirus pandemic this year. Fewer students meant fewer state dollars for local education.

Turner, Greene, Leeds pass $28.3 million MSAD 52 budget

The approved budget includes a new half-time pre-K teacher and half-time educational technician II for Turner Primary School and three new buses in a lease-purchase agreement.

Mechanic Falls council inks contract with interim town manager

Mitchell Berkowitz agreement runs until Sept. 30, or until a full-time manager is hired.

More hospitalizations among young people with COVID-19 in April

In April, 19 people in their 40s were hospitalized, an increase of nine from March.

Androscoggin commissioners reject Isaiah Lary’s ‘health freedom’ proposal

Citing no evidence of requiring vaccinations for employment, a notion reinforced by county leaders, some of Lary's colleagues called the move grandstanding and one saying he was "looking for a fight when there is no fight."

Livermore woman appointed town clerk in Livermore Falls

Amy Byron was hired in Livermore Falls in June 2020 after being treasurer and administrative assistant in Livermore.

More than 20,000 Lewiston residents have yet to get their COVID-19 vaccine

New data published by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention this week showed that less than 60% of Lewiston residents of all ages have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. More than 20,000 residents are unvaccinated.