HOULTON — A man charged with stabbing a 10-year-old boy, the boy’s father and a family friend at a home in northern Maine was convicted Friday of three counts of murder, as well as one count of arson stemming from an attempt to destroy evidence.

GARDINER — Scots are invited to bring their tartans to the Christ Church Episcopal on Sunday to be blessed during an ancient Scottish Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan.

AUGUSTA — Teenage drivers will face restrictions for a longer period of time and will get bigger fines if they make repeated mistakes under a bill that gained all but final approval by the Legislature on Friday.

WATERVILLE — Mayor Karen Heck said this week she wants the city to hire an economic development director who would work specifically for the city.

FARMINGTON — Planning board members are worried that a plan for an apartment building on Fairbanks Road could contaminate the town’s drinking water, prompting them to delay a decision on approving the project.