Eric Gwaro of Scarborough has pleaded not guilty in an attack that left a 25-year-old woman with permanent brain damage.

With the buildings razed and the last displaced family getting a home, two suspects head for juvenile court and victims rebuild their lives.

After the probation department withdrew its full-time officer, the district attorney who founded the concept calls for the program’s end.

Since Maine legalized the explosive devices last year, the state’s cities and towns have varied widely in how to regulate them.

The young man was getting divorced and had moved in with his parents, but police don’t know what led to the violence.

The woman who was allegedly attacked has moved out of state and authorities could not find her.