WATERVILLE — The Rev. Carlos Martins said he witnessed a man paralyzed for 65 years get up from his wheelchair and walk.

Maine officials recently issued an advisory warning investors to approach “crowd funding” investment opportunities with caution, but for several local entrepreneurs such alternative funding has been a lifeline.

AUGUSTA — In response to a group of Cony High School students’ disgust at the number of cigarette butts littering local streets and sidewalks, city councilors recently voted to alter an ordinance against littering to specify that tobacco products such as butts are, indeed, litter, and thus illegal to just toss onto the ground.

LITCHFIELD — A Nottingham Lane man and his teenage daughter were injured while washing the family car in their driveway Sunday.

WINSLOW — It has been one month since a fireworks store opened on China Road.

PORTLAND — The safest place for teenagers to drink alcohol is at home under the supervision of a parent, some experts say. It’s an option that is perfectly legal under Maine law.

SCARBOROUGH — Matt Linscott, of Biddeford, was like a kid in a candy store Friday, poring over cartons labeled “War of 1812,” “Vengeful Texan” and “Live Free or Die.”

IN ANSON, Saturday at 9:55 p.m., a fireworks complaint was reported on Main Street.

For the first time in decades, consumer fireworks are legal in Maine and many people have never used the devices before, Acting State Fire Marshal Joe Thomas said in a press release.