UNITY — The Unity Barn Raisers will host a benefit community Meal on Saturday, May 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Unity Community Center, 32 School St.

PORTLAND — A 65-year-old cancer patient is suing the state Department of Health and Human Services for cutting off his MaineCare benefits last year in a welfare reform effort.

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — A Pittsburgh-area girl who was born without hands has won a penmanship award — and $1,000 — from a company that publishes language arts and reading textbooks.

IN ATHENS, Tuesday at 5:51 p.m., a report of a theft was investigated on Hartland Road.

FARMINGDALE — A state election law may prevent town officials from bringing a proposed tax break for a natural gas pipeline back to a referendum vote in June, a county official has cautioned selectmen.

TOGUS — Staff at VA Maine Healthcare System hope that they and the veterans they serve will benefit from plans by the federal government to add about 1,900 mental health clinicians and support staff.

HOULTON — Maine jurors who convicted a man last week of killing a 10-year-old boy and two men rejected his insanity defense on Thursday, meaning he now faces at least 25 years in state prison and could get up to life behind bars.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to endorse the nomination of William Kayatta Jr., a trial lawyer from Cape Elizabeth, to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.