Troopers from the Maine State Police tactical team surrounded the home after Charles Scontras refused to come out.

The shuttering of churches may make financial sense, but it also takes its toll on parishioners, who celebrated baptisms, communions and weddings in these buildings.

The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital will use the $400,000 vehicle to transport seriously ill kids.

Each man is accused of three counts of arson in the most recent blaze to rip through the city’s downtown.

Meanwhile, site cleanup goes on where damaged buildings were razed, and donations are collected.

While reviewing fire damage Tuesday in his hometown of Lewiston, Gov. Paul LePage dismissed a suggestion that he had “discretionary” funds he could tap to help the more than 200 residents who have been displaced by three major blazes in the past 10 days.

Andrew Leighton stands accused of shooting his mother to death Friday in their home.