LEWISTON, Maine -- After three fires in a week, the city of Lewiston expects to rack up a sizeable bill.

Director of Budget and Purchasing Norman Beauparlant said that when you factor in the costs of overtime, supplies, demolition, tipping fees, lost taxe revenue, utilities and building security, among other costs, the city expects to the cost to be about $360,000.

By far the biggest costs are associated with demolishing the buildings that were destroyed by the fires. That's estimated to be close to $200,000.  And Beauparlant said he does think the city will get much of that money back. Lewiston entered into consent agreements with the owners of the buildings at Blake and Bates Streets as well as 114-118 Bartlett Street. Under the agreements, the buildings' owners are supposed to pay the city back, either right away or through a special tax.

Poor F. Scott Fitzgerald.  Kicked out of Princeton.  Saw his early literary stardom go down the drain.  Wife Zelda committed to various mental institutions.  Dead of drink at the age of 44.  And now director Baz Luhrmann has even taken away his authorship of one of the greatest American novels.

It’s true.  As the new movie take on “The Great Gatsby” ends, we see the title page of the novel of the same title, attributed to the fictional character of Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire).  No wonder Dorothy Parker commented at Fitzgerald’s funeral, “The poor son of a bitch.”