PORTLAND — Tori Pelletier stood on East End Beach on Saturday, dressed in a pink-and-yellow bikini, sunglasses and a fur-lined bomber’s hat.

Several western York County organizations hope their campaign to protect that region’s timberlands will gain the same kind of national attention as similar efforts in Maine’s North Woods.

WESTBROOK — The clatter of mah-jongg tiles, the sweet smell of steaming vegetable and pork dumplings and the sound of occasional snatches of Mandarin transformed Westbrook Middle School into Maine’s own Chinatown on Saturday.

FAIRFIELD — Lisa Sandy is getting a lot of phone calls these days.

The Maine Cancer Foundation has switched to a new lottery registration system for its popular Tri for a Cure triathlon fundraiser.

BRIDGTON — Phil Dutra offered his girlfriend, Julie Torre, a choice of vacations this winter: Bermuda and its pink sand beaches or a ride on a dog sled.

Single-digit temperatures and the absence of hydrants hampered efforts to contain the blaze.

Savanna Demmons, 10, was treated at Maine Medical Center and released after being struck by the truck’s passenger-side mirror.

PORTLAND — As marches go, it wasn’t a particularly big one and, given the timing — a cold January afternoon, not long before sunset — it didn’t attract anything in the way of a crowd.