Maine Turnpike plaza off the Exit 25 southbound lanes and the exit ramp were shut down while a bomb squad investigated.

A defamation trial in Maine can go forward with the release of Michael Geilenfeld in Haiti after accusations against him of sexually abusing orphans were dismissed.

If Humphrey’s nomination is approved, he will take the position on the state’s highest court of Justice Warren Silver, who resigned on Dec. 31.

A tenant in the apartment building at 106 Clark St. was at home when the fire broke out and reported it around 6:30 p.m.

The blaze guts the Blue Water Inn, a seven-room bed and breakfast, and spreads to the adjacent Huckleberry’s Restaurant and Norseman Resort.