WASHINGTON (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever proposed controls on mercury pollution from power plants would be less stringent than those envisioned by the Clinton administration. A headline on Tuesday’s page A4 was incorrect.

LEWISTON – The following births are announced at Central Maine Medical Center:Jayden Jemond Bartlett, a boy to Jessica Boisvert and Bradley Bartlett III of Lewiston, Nov. 30. Sibling, Belle. Grandparents, Marcel Boisvert and Joan Boisvert of Lewiston, Bradley Bartlett II of Yarmouth, Wendy Bartlett of Mechanic Falls; great-grandparents, Rolande Guimond of Auburn, Eunice Bartlett of […]

RUMFORD – The following cases were closed recently in Rumford District Court.Jacob Arundel, 21, Norway, charged with criminal trespass on Feb. 2.Michael Bell, 43, Biddeford, charged with operating ATV on private road on Sept. 16, charged waived, fined $100.Jennifer Benya, 36, Mexico, charged with unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs on May 17, charged dismissed.David Berry, […]

LEWISTON – St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center announces the following births:Jordan Genevieve Berry, a girl to Sarah and Jason Berry of Bethel, Sept. 17. Grandparents, Donna Morocco, Buck Buxton and Judy Buxton of Farmington, Conn., Retta Berry and Ed Powers of Newry, Scott and Rocky Berry of Bryant Pond; great-grandparents, John and Nancy Wight, Hi […]

NORWAY – Selectmen accepted the lowest bids on a Chevy Blazer and Ford pickup, which have been sold. They are still seeking bids on a 1986 van and 1948 firetruck. The information was incorrect on Monday’s B1 of the Oxford Hills edition.

GARDINER – The Maine Humanities Council, in collaboration with SAD 11 in Gardiner, is inviting social studies teachers in central Maine to apply for “American Lives: Teaching History Through Biography,” an innovative three-year professional development program funded by the U.S. Department of Education.Participants will be trained to do original research in five major archives in […]

FARMINGTON – Tom Hawley of the National Weather Service is a hydrologist. His occupation was incorrectly reported in a parking lot flooding story on A1 Saturday.

AUGUSTA – Robert Spear, Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources commissioner, announces the appointment of seven members to the Maine Arborist Advisory Council.The following were appointed: Art Batson Jr., president, Lucas Tree Experts, Portland; Dave Newell, owner, Cyprus Landscaping, Freeport; Lois Stack, extension professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono; Ted Armstrong, Pownal; […]

ELLSWORTH – The Maine Community Foundation’s Androscoggin County Committee is soliciting proposals from nonprofit and public organizations that seek funding for projects that draw on community strengths.The next deadline for submitting grant applications is Jan. 15. Applicants will be notified in mid March.Grants will be made in the range of $1,000 to $7,500. Proposals should […]

LEWISTON – Ryan Robitaille’s name should have been included on the Holy Cross School’s fourth-grade honor roll. The school inadvertently omitted his name from the roll that appeared on B4 of the Dec. 2 city edition.