John Clark will be hard to replace, say residents of the Somerset County town, but Nicky Berry, a UMF graduate, is up to the challenge.

The City Council Tuesday will consider a $39 million city and school budget that would mean a $2.50 per $1,000 in valuation tax increase.

Streets were flooded and trees and wires were knocked down after a series of storms ripped through the area, including Kennebec, Franklin and Somerset counties.

Scott Holst, a lieutenant with the department, has chronicled its history with both a book and display at the fire station.

A Eustis teenager was taken to the hospital after nearly hitting a sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle head-on and crashing into three parked cars.

Only three people turned up Tuesday evening for more information about the city’s pay-as-you-throw system, despite complaints about a lack of public education about it.

The 200-acre, city-owned, four-season recreation area is undergoing infrastructure upgrades and is looking for the public’s help.

A caller said a man on Donald V. Carter Memorial Bridge was there one moment and gone the next, but searchers found nothing in the Kennebec River.

Police don’t anticipate many problems when Mayflower Hill Drive through the campus is closed for four hours Sunday and Front and Main streets are closed for Monday’s parade.

Officials responded to previous concerns as Mayor Nick Isgro urged people to talk to their councilors.