Contra Costa County’s annual fair serves as the second unofficial start to summer, following Memorial Day festivities by a week.

A Scarborough Public Works employee secures Elsie's stump to a flatbed truck on Wednesday, May 15.

The five-year anniversary of the devastating Greensburg tornado is Friday. Students from the small south-central Kansas town celebrated their survival from that tragedy a week early Friday at Fort Hays State University.

New consumer-oriented website focusing on the benefits of PureBond® officially goes live in time for Earth Day 2012.Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) April 19, 2012 Columbia Forest Products announces the launch of a new consumer-oriented website focusing on the visible and invisible benefits of PureBond® decorative hardwood plywood panels. The new website (http://www.purebondplywood.com) offers ...

Four Belmont High School (BHS) students were honored on May 5 with the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor Ceremony held at the Belmont United Methodist Church. Belmont High School seniors Jack Chase, Callum Grant, Malcolm Perkins and junior James McCants of Belmont’s Boy Scouts of America Troop 304 provided many hours of community service to attain the highest rank in scouting.

STERLING — The RE-1 Valley Board of Education honored nine employees at their annual Retirement and Recognition Dinner on Monday.

AUGUSTA -- Up to eight charter schools could open in Maine this fall.

AUGUSTA -- Up to eight charter schools could open in Maine this fall.

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.

This native of Saco joined the Seabees 11 years ago and he follows the mottos of ‘Constructing the future, remembering the past,’ and ‘We build, we fight.’