PARIS (AP) — A lot of people want to be police chief in Paris. Officials in the town of about 5,000 say they have received 49 applications, including one from a current member of the department. Selectmen Chairman Robert Kirchherr says he’s pleased with the interest. Interim Chief Jerry Hinton says all the applicants are […]

CHELSEA (AP) — Two outof state teenagers are facing kidnapping charges in Maine for allegedly holding a man against his will. Maine state police say Ricardo David Perry, 18, of East Stroudsburg, Pa., and Eugene Charleston, 19, of Bridgeport, Conn., are being held without bail at the Kennebec County jail. Lt. David Tripp tells the […]

AUBURN (AP) — Prosecutors have decided that a 13- year-old boy charged with setting a fire that burned down three downtown Lewiston buildings and left 75 people homeless won’t be tried as an adult. District Attorney Norman Croteau said Thursday that he and the county’s juvenile prosecutor reviewed the fire investigator’s report and a psychological […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The city of Portland has been chosen as the site for next year’s annual convention of a national group devoted to word puzzles. The National Puzzlers’ League says it will hold the convention at the Westin Portland Harborview hotel from July 17-20, 2014. The NPL was founded in 1883 and is recognized […]

YARMOUTH (AP) — Clams are taking center stage as the Yarmouth Clam Festival gets under way. More than 100,000 people are expected at this year’s Yarmouth Clam Festival, which kicks off today and winds up Sunday. The festival is now in its 48th year. Festival-goers each year go through more than 6,000 pounds of clams, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s jobless rate has remained steady at its lowest level in more than 4 1/2 years. The Maine Department of Labor said on Thursday that June’s jobless rate was 6.8 percent. That’s unchanged from May and down from 7.3 percent one year ago. Before May, the last time the rate was as […]

DETROIT (AP) — Maine state police say detectives will continue to gather evidence from the scene of a suspicious death in the town of Detroit. Spokesman Steve McCausland said Somerset County deputies were called to a home early Thursday for a report of a middle-age man found dead in a Main Street home. An autopsy […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Fire officials say a lightning strike sparked a fire at a used car dealership in Portland. The Portland Fire Department says the fire Thursday morning was contained quickly but the single story building is no longer safe to occupy. No one was hurt. The damage is estimated at more than $200,000.

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine prosecutor has been suspended from practicing law for 30 days, but her suspension won’t be implemented if she completes additional legal training. The Maine Board of Overseers announced the suspension Thursday against Hancock County Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett in the first disciplinary proceeding ever filed against a Maine prosecutor. […]