The fire Wednesday was set in a rear wall of an unoccupied house on Dingley Spring Road, and there is ‘no doubt’ it is related to the other fires.

Firefighters and nervous residents initially feared that today’s fire was the fifth in a string of suspicious fires and that the arsonist had expanded his targeted territory.

Even before today, someone had set three arson fires in last two weeks, which destroyed a vacant home as well as a building owned by the Gorham snowmobile club.

Paul Violette grew up in the working class town of Van Buren in northern Maine, and says that when he ran for the Legislature, he campaigned in homes with dirt floors.

Paul Violette grew up in the working class town of Van Buren in northern Maine, and says that when he ran for the Legislature, he campaigned in homes with dirt floors. Later, when he served as executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority, Violette walked marble floors and slept on Egyptian cotton. Violette jet-setted around […]

In a letter to the court, which will be presented at Paul Violette’s sentencing today, the former state legislator says he takes full responsibility for his actions.