AUGUSTA — An inquiry about opening a fireworks warehouse in the city has the City Council considering a moratorium on such businesses until officials can figure out if they are safe.

AUGUSTA — MaineGeneral Medical Center has agreed to buy 10 years’ worth of natural gas for its new regional hospital from one of two companies competing to build a pipeline in the region.

AUGUSTA — Even without the growl of an angry guitar or rattle of drums to back him up, and with more than a touch of gray in his hair, Henry Rollins is still a menacing, manic presence when he takes the stage.

The last two deer hunting seasons, Ron Hodge, of Winthrop, passed up shots at relatively small deer early in the season, hoping and waiting for a chance at a big buck. He ended up with nothing.

HALLOWELL — Two people were injured when their pickup truck sped out of control down steep Winthrop Street, across a Water Street intersection often packed with cars and pedestrians, and into a parked car, which was launched across the sidewalk and into a small city park Saturday afternoon.

AUGUSTA — A veteran city councilor who promises to continue to help the city form partnerships with the private sector squares off with a newcomer who says he will listen to constituents who he feels haven’t been heard.

It’s not every day that a candidate for elected office admits that he previously voted for his opponent.