AUGUSTA — The Gardiner woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $166,000 from the Maine Trial Lawyers Association should be sent to jail for one year, a state prosecutor recommends.

HALLOWELL — City councilors and residents are clear: they want to keep their fire department.

HALLOWELL — Members of the public are encouraged to weigh in on the city’s fire protection future at a meeting Wednesday night at City Hall.

HALLOWELL — In June, a Randolph businessman called the Kennebec Journal to report the reopening of the former Boynton’s Market, a downtown staple in the city since 1936 until its closing in early 2011.

WINSLOW — The Choates’ home on Bassett Road has been foreclosed on before.