SANFORD — Administrators and physicians from Southern Maine Health Care reinforced to residents this week that emergency services, the lab, and an array of services currently offered at the Sanford campus of the hospital will remain in place and seve More...
PORTLAND — “Oyez! Oyez!” boomed Frank Barrows, superintendent of Fort Stanwix National Monument, using a traditional call to attention in the court. More...
BIDDEFORD — City Manager Jim Bennett says he is the process of organizing a committee to explore the possibility of changing the location and dates of the La Kermesse Franco- Americaine Festival. More...
LYMAN — The Goodwin’s Mills Fire-Rescue Department, which serves Lyman and Dayton, is providing a small device to give those 60 and over some protection against kitchen fires. According to the National Fire Protection Association, c More...
KENNEBUNKPORT — After years of uncertainty over an effort to reconstruct a historic tidal grist mill that once stood in Kennebunkport, the Planning Board finally voted to approve the application by the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust in a 4-1 More...
WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps is expected to ask that women not be allowed to compete for several front-line combat jobs, inflaming tensions between Navy and Marine leaders, U.S. officials say. More...
AUGUSTA — No one knows better than Maine Sen. Susan Collins how difficult it can be to go more than 18 years without missing a single vote in Washington – except, perhaps, her staff. More...
Whether it’s Brian Urlacher and Lance Briggs, Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs or Jack Lambert and Jack Ham, when it comes to some of the greatest linebacker duos in football history it was clear that the two players had a special connection. More...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Under the police chief ’s recommendation, the town is considering eliminating parking on Seaside Avenue from Winona to Union avenues. More...
At 1:30 a.m. Thursday, first responders from Saco Fire Department were at Camp Ellis, responding to a report of a possible drowning. Standing alongside them was Kevin Jacques, in his role as the fire department’s chaplain. More...
AUGUSTA (AP) — A former clerk at a Maine district attorney’s office has pleaded not guilty to charges that she embezzled an estimated $85,000 in restitution and supervision fees. The Kennebec Journal reports 58-year-old Julie Smith More...
Thumbs up to Sanford High School boy’s varsity soccer team, other volunteers and those who contributed loam and lumber to repair the damage done by a vandal to one of the soccer fields at Shaw field on Monday. More...
PORTLAND (AP) — Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is appearing at a middle school in Maine’s largest city as she courts voters while seeking the Democratic nomination. Clinton will appear at King Middle School in the Por More...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka will begin talks next month on creating a special court to examine alleged atrocities during the country’s civil war, in which tens of thousands of people died, an official said Thursday. Foreign Minis More...
ILLAPEL, Chile — Thousands of residents of this small city in northern Chile were sleeping outside Thursday after a powerful earthquake destroyed their homes, forced more than 1 million to evacuate and killed at least eight people in the quake- More...
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will offer a workshop on seed saving, 5-7 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 20, Wells Reserve Mather Auditorium, 342 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells. More...