SACO — There are nearly 1,000 homeless veterans in Maine on any given night.

Conservation groups will purchase 97 acres of undeveloped land off Granite Point Road and a small island near the mouth of the Little River for $5.125 million.

LEWISTON — Just as the sun rose over the city Saturday, yards of rip-stop nylon slowly billowed into the air as crews helped to inflate 24 hot air balloons.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a national sandwich and smoothie chain, raised the money during its annual Flip Flop Day.

SACO — Isaac Tucker focused as he drove a small tractor down a straight path pulling a weighted machine behind him, stopping only as a red flag flew up in front of him.

SACO — Isaac Tucker focused as he drove a small tractor down a straight path pulling a weighted machine behind him, stopping only as a red flag flew up in front of him. Volunteers unhitched the tractor, and Isaac drove it back around for the next child to get in line and try his or her hand at tractor pulling.

A new law legalizing the sale and use of many kinds of previously illegal fireworks has local officials buzzing about how — or whether — to regulate fireworks at the local level.