WATERVILLE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Waterville is hosting firefighters from across the northeast and Canada this weekend for the 48th Annual Maine State Federation of Firefighter's Convention.

Falling on the same weekend as the 10th anniversary of September 11th, a series of events were held to remember the heroic duties that occurred that day, including a parade.  Dozens of fire trucks drove down Main Street and American flags decorated the streets of Waterville.  Former Waterville firefighter Ralph Merrow, said sacrificing your life for the public is something that's a part of who firefighters are.

"It's bred into you," Merrow said. "You got to have it in your blood to want to do it and it's important to recognize the folks that do the volunteer work and stuff for the public."

The convention also included a 9/11 memorial service, followed by a convention banquet and awards ceremony.

FAIRFIELD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It's a growing problem for law enforcement officials in Maine, a drug known as bath salts.

Police in Fairfield seized 165 packages of the synthetic stimulants and charged the owner of a local shop with unlawful trafficking. Investigators believe John Linscott was selling the packets to a steady stream of customers at his secondhand shop.

Fairfield police knew the owner of the shop called Bargains R Us was selling bath salts. Initially he was doing so legally.

After hearing the many horror stories of the impact on users, the Maine Legislature passed an emergency bill that took effect in July making bath salts illegal.

Police went to the shop and told the owner to stop selling them.

"It's troublesome that he would continue even after he was told he could no longer sell them because of the law, obviously he ignored that", said Police Chief John Emery.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The attorney for a man charged with setting fire to a Maine cafe that employed topless servers says DNA evidence on a gasoline can used in setting the fire does not match that of the suspect.

The Kennebec Journal in Augusta says Wednesday that Andrews Campbell made the claim in a pretrial hearing in the arson case against Raymond Bellavance, who's accused of setting the fire that burned down the Grandview Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro in 2009.

Justice Michaela Murphy has refused to dismiss an indictment against the 50-year-old Bellavance. Murphy says she considers it a priority case and expects it to be ready to go to trial in December.