A former state prosecutor convicted of child pornography charges faces a retrial next month on six convictions that were dismissed by an appeals court. The same court upheld James M. Cameron’s convictions on seven other child pornography charges.

Gov. Paul LePage’s efforts in the Legislature to limit renewable power purchases and energy-efficiency spending in Maine suffered a serious blow Tuesday when his energy policy director resigned.

AUGUSTA — Judy Colomy has found a way to stay warm in bone-chilling temperatures. “I beat the odds with a heating blanket and a kitty cat that spoons with me,” said Colomy, a 1979 Cony High School graduate who volunteers at the Augusta Community Warming Center on Water Street.

A court document doesn’t specify how much money was involved, but it says the Canadian sellers received at least 150 payments.

The business’ product line has expanded greatly since it first started selling down comforters in 1973.

Police say that the suspect is heavy set, white, about six feet tall, in his 20s and wearing facial hair.