These are some of the stories central Maine is talking about today.

A blown stop sign in West Gardiner lead to a three-vehicle crash yesterday. A West Gardiner man was pumping gas at Four Corners General Store and barely jumped out of the way of an SUV that was hit by a vehicle that ran a stop sign at the intersection. (centralmaine.com)

Belfast Police say 74-year-old William Haley this weekend was driving past Heritage Park and made a wrong turn, right into the bay. He was able to climb out of the car as it submerged and was able to swim to the dock where people helped him up. 68-year-old Ron Stevens was awitness at the scene and jumped in and helped. Both were taken to a hospital, treated and released. (WABI)

A China man was killed yesterday in single-vehicle crash on Plains Road in Litchfield. Joshua Salois, 31, wasn't wearing a seatbelt when his car went off the road, rolled and hit a tree and ejected him. Police says excessive speed was a factor in the crash. (centralmaine.com)

Yesterday was Maine Open Farm Day! Many farms across the state opened their doors to visitors to give a behind-the-scenes look at daily life on the state's working farms.

A 39-year-old Maine man is dead after falling from a second-story balcony at his home in Cape Elizabeth Saturday. John Knight was pronounced dead at the scene at Tiger Lily Lane Police say there was rot in the wood railing on the balcony, but added that it's too early in the investigation to say whether that contributed to fatal fall. (AP)

A South Portland woman is dead and an Old Orchard Beach man remains hospitalized after their motorcycle crashed in Westbrook Saturday. 35-year-old Jennifer Lavigne was pronounced dead at Maine Medical Center and the driver of the motorcycle, 37-year-old Brenton Blaise was injured. Neither were wearing helmets. Speed and alcohol were contributing factors. (AP)

The Maine Coastal Program is awarding more than $160,000 to nine coastal communities to improve harbor management, waterfront planning and public access. The largest grant is going to Cranberry Isles with $30,000 earmarked for Islesford Town Dock repairs. Projects in Bath and Brunswick are areas included in receiving the grants, part of the state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. (AP)

Some Maine lawmakers say they are discouraged by the state's decision not to reapply for a federal grant to help increase well water testing for arsenic. A group of three Democrats and three Republicans have asked the administration how it plans to reach the goal of testing 65 percent of wells by 2020. (AP)

A Maine company wants to use about 180 tons of garbage to a fuel an "anaerobic digester" that it's building in Brunswick. Village Green Ventures is building a $10 million digester, which would convert waste into biogas to power a turbine and create electricity. (AP)

Three employees at a Portland company came to the rescue of two people in as many days. Claudia Stanley and Erika Nielsen of Granite Bay Care performed emergency CPR on a man who they found lying in a road after they heard a crash outside their office. Elizabeth Sullivan gave a man who was injured in a car crash first aid. (AP)

Legal arguments have been filed in the dispute over whether Gov. Paul LePage's veto of dozens of bills was legal. Maine House and Senate leaders say 65 bills became law because the governor failed to act in time. But LePage says a 10-day deadline didn't apply because lawmakers hadn't yet adjourned. He says the bills aren't law. (AP)

Maine residents who buy Affordable Care Act insurance are going to see modest increases in their premiums. But the state's premiums will stay below the national average and significantly lower than the double-digit increases projected in some cities. (AP)

Two U.S. representatives are introducing legislation they say will make business easier for small farms by giving individual states more freedom about intrastate distribution of meat. Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Chellie Pingree of Maine say the bill is an effort to revive local meat processing. (AP)

A Maine activist convicted of defaming the founder of a Haiti orphanage has been ordered to pay $14.5 million. Paul Kendrick launched the email blitz against the founder, who was charged criminally with sexual abuse of seven orphans. The criminal case against the founder has since been dismissed.(AP)

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