Created in 2003, Pine Tree Development Zones were designed to increase investment and jobs in Maine, but a state report questions its scope and effectiveness.

We take a moment this season to give thanks to those among us who give time and energy to the larger community, enriching the world around us. Here are 10 people who have worked diligently, often without recognition, to comfort, protect, nurture and inspire others who need a helping hand.

Browse details from Maine’s 107 cold cases from the past 4 decades.

Thanksgiving Day is Thursday, Nov. 23.

A former Farmington resident who retired to Texas with his wife was murdered along with 5 members of his family in 2015.

Terry Peder Rasmussen, who died in 2010, fathered one of 3 children whose bodies were found in barrels in New Hampshire.

President Trump’s former campaign manager, who faces a 12-count indictment, makes his first court appearance Thursday.