Before voting on a contract zone to allow the school to move from Ferry Beach to a farmland campus, the council needs clarification on building size restrictions.

The fire department continues to investigate the cause of the early-morning fire.

Neighbors try to keep an eye on others, but that can be challenging in a rural state where a third of the people over 60 live alone.

Investigators say the two-story house was being heated by portable heaters.

Police made several previous well-being checks but didn’t enter the home until numerous factors – her unpaid taxes, returned mail and disconnected phone – gave them sufficient cause.