WATERBORO — The amount proposed for the administration portion of the Regional School Unit 57 budget for the coming year is up by more than 29 percent, or $500,000, but more than half of the hike is attributed to the shift of some positions from one part of the budget to another. That is the […]

NORTH WATERBORO — In June 2007, a crew of 120 volunteers arrived to help build a home for Lakeside Community Church, which had been meeting in a school. Pastor Barry Murry remembers that at the end of the work effort, the coordinator of Mobile Baptist Builders, Bourben Sullins, looked him in the eye and told […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Indian elections results due Friday provide a chance to repair relations with the U.S. that were strained by the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York in December. But there’s a big catch: Washington’s uneasy relationship with the man expected to become India’s next prime minister. Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A former employee at an organization that promotes tourism in Maine has pleaded guilty to embezzling $116,000 from the group and using the money for personal expenses. Ronald Brann of West Gardiner pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court to stealing from the Maine Tourism Association. Prosecutors say the 44-year-old Brann […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — BlackBerry launched a new lower-cost smartphone designed specifically for Indonesia on Tuesday in an attempt to win back market share that has plunged in recent years but remains higher than in many other nations. The BlackBerry Z3, Jakarta Edition, was launched at a glitzy hotel in the capital, Jakarta. The company […]