AUGUSTA — Concerns about the new consolidated courthouse planned for Winthrop and Court streets revolved around parking and materials Tuesday.

WALDOBORO — Norman Benner had told his mother he wanted to break up with Arline Lawless, his girlfriend of four months, before a shooting last weekend that killed him and left her wounded.

WASHINGTON — Former Maine House Speaker Hannah Pingree testified in Congress on Tuesday in support of stronger federal chemical safety laws that advocates say are needed to protect consumers — and especially children — from potentially dangerous chemicals in products they use every day.

HALLOWELL — In voting Tuesday to investigate the health and safety of wireless “smart meters,” the Maine Public Utilities Commission set in motion a legal and technical case that’s expected to be followed nationally by the power industry and citizen activists.

PITTSTON — This year’s Pittson Fair promises more smashed vehicles and a brighter night sky.