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A 12-year-old boy is charged with setting a fire that destroyed three apartment buildings and left 75 people homeless in Lewiston.

A New Brunswick MLA has pleaded guilty to impaired driving and was fined $2,300.

State lawmakers will hold a public hearing today on a bill to legalize marijuana in Maine.

Portland city officials say they are alarmed by a sudden surge in the number of heroin overdoses in the city.

Four bomb threats in five days and three student confessions has school administrators in Sabattus, Maine reviewing their emergency policies.

Unusually warm, dry conditions have led officials in Maine and New Brunswick to clamp down on outdoor burning.

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