PORTLAND — A Portland man was sentenced Thursday to 38 years in prison for gunning down a former friend in the entryway of their apartment building in Parkside last year.

PORTLAND — A former Fayette woman at the center of an 81/2-hour police standoff in 2005 was sentenced Monday in federal court to time served — about four months — for telephone harassment of government officials, including judges involved in the dismissal of lawsuits over the incident.

Charlotte Bea Palm, 50, was charged with sending threatening phone messages to judges and law enforcement officials.

PORTLAND — David Lopez is expecting wall-to-wall customers at Treehouse Toys on Exchange Street today, but certainly nothing like the crush of people that big-box retailers see on Black Friday.

Sarah Cohen has a plan for making the journey to her family’s big Thanksgiving get-together in Yarmouth as smooth as possible today — even as a storm bears down on the Northeast.

Sarah Cohen has a plan for making the journey to her family’s big Thanksgiving get-together in Yarmouth as smooth as possible today — even as a storm bears down on the Northeast.

Christopher Schisler is accused of hitting a man in the head with the blunt end of a hatchet.

An accountant from Brunswick and a research analyst from Cape Elizabeth are among those singled out this year for service to Maine’s court system.

PORTLAND — The Portland officer who shot a Veazie man in April as he tried to escape police was justified in using deadly force, Attorney General William Schneider concluded in a report released Friday.

PORTLAND — The Portland officer who shot a Veazie man in April as he tried to escape police was justified in using deadly force, Attorney General William Schneider concluded in a report released Friday.