The lack of a state budget means voters will have to make school budget decisions Tuesday based on revenue predictions that may, or may not, come true.

The girl, who has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old, was looking for frogs in her backyard when she disappeared, police say.

The former Old Orchard Beach employee reported financial irregularities, and was retaliated against because of it, the panel says.

Biddeford receives funds to clean up a textile mill site; Portland and eight more recipients also benefit.

LEWISTON — Lewiston city officials are checking vacant properties and stepping up police patrols to try to reduce the chance of another fire in a downtown neighborhood where three major fires have gutted nine buildings and left nearly 200 people homeless within the past week.

A bill that would allow school boards to decide whether their superintendents must live in the communities where they work was passed by the Legislature this week, but it remains unclear whether the governor will sign it.