Michael E. Chandler, 50, of Schenectady, N.Y., told police he was avoiding a bicyclist when he crashed through the wooden guardrail in his pickup truck.

Police wait to interview the boy who allegedly tried to set a deck on fire. He remains hospitalized.

An autopsy uncovers no signs of foul play but authorities continue efforts to learn how the woman came to be in the Stroudwater River area.

The fire was reported early this morning.

Two men either fell or jumped into the river on Thursday. One swam to shore and the other disappeared.

The fire was ignited by something left on the stove, the Fire Chief said.

Joe Thomas spent 28 years with the Portland Fire Department, including eight as chief.

The Promise Land, a 48-foot fishing boat, was still burning this afternoon and the Coast Guard expects it will be a total loss.