NEWPORT — Jailed the prior week for allegedly beating his girlfriend and heaving her out the front door, a Newport man faces new charges that he violated bail by allowing the victim back into his mobile home and possessed a switchblade knife, police said.

WINSLOW — The delayed response to an emergency call that resulted in a murder-suicide has prompted municipal officials to review all of the town’s street names and consider changing ones that sound alike.

WINSLOW — Paul Fongemie grew up in Madawaska, right against the Canadian border and the state’s northernmost town. Not surprisingly, he spoke French before English.

WATERVILLE — A wish has come true for organizers of the Waterville Opera House’s $4.3 million renovation and expansion.

ST. ALBANS — Brand new, colorful playground equipment off the corner of Mason Corner Road and Route 152 represents more than recreation for kids throughout the region.

CLINTON — A bolt of lightning may have started a fast-moving fire that destroyed a house on Battle Ridge Road early Tuesday morning, according to a state investigator.