Shapleigh News

March has been designated as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. As a way to raise awareness about the importance of screening for the disease, Acton will take part in a Turn York County Blue program.

The Shapleigh Board of Selectmen met on Tuesday, Jan. 31, and reviewed the warrant articles for next month's annual town meeting.

A state legislator accused of ethics violations for allegedly mishandling campaign funds has resigned from his position as a state representative.

The race for selectman will be the only contest on the ballot for Shapleigh's annual municipal election on Friday, March 9. Candidate Cark R. Cobb is challenging incumbent Charles L. Mullins.

York County Shelter Programs does not expect to make up $31,000 in lost county funding through increased donations from towns.

AUGUSTA, Maine - A York County lawmaker resigned from his House seat on Tuesday, about two months after the Maine Ethics Commission found that he committed multiple violations of the state's clean election law.

ELIOT, Maine - Selectmen and residents voiced many concerns with the draft proposed ordinance related to domestic chickens last Thursday, but they agreed to have a revised draft presented to the Planning Board.

An Alfred selectman has decided to step down in the wake of a finding by the State Ethics Commission that he falsified reports and fabricated receipts in his 2010 bid for election to the Maine House of Representatives.