BRUNSWICK (AP) — A Brunswick landlord is facing charges for allegedly pointing a shotgun at a tenant he believes stole from him. Police say 57-year-old Peter Davis is charged with criminal threatening and terrorizing. More...
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Thirty-four World War II veterans are being honored by the French at the U.S. Military Academy 70 years after the D-Day landings. More...
BANGKOK (AP) — Police say a grenade was thrown at the home of a judge on Thailand's Constitutional Court that had ousted the country's prime minister for abuse of power. Police Col. More...
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A fire that sprang up along the railroad tracks in multiple communities Thursday afternoon destroyed 10 trailers at a local campground. More...
WINDHAM (AP) — The federal government has added a former Windham mill to a nationwide list of hazardous sites considered high priority for cleanup. The Portland Press Herald reports Thursday that the U.S. More...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama is promoting advances in energy efficiency as part of his broader campaign to confront climate change. More...
SACO — A city councilor has suggested that Saco withdraw its membership from the local chamber of commerce in order to save money. As part of its annual expenditures, the city funds $38,600 to local economic development organization Saco More...
WILTON (AP) — Police say an 18-year-old high school student has been charged with stealing more than $50,000 in cash and jewelry from a Wilton home. Chief Heidi Wilcox says Brian Durrell, of New Sharon, is charged with burglary and theft. More...
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine man charged with killing and dismembering his father was ordered Thursday to undergo a mental health evaluation at a court appearance that ended with him declaring himself “the Lord, Father of life” and askin More...
BIDDEFORD — On Tuesday, Biddeford City Council members learned about a fairly new technology that customizes parking meters to the needs of a community. Through specialized software, meters can advertise local businesses, provide emergenc More...
PORTLAND — “Fringe” liberal politicians who run the state's Democratic party are to blame for pervasive government gridlock, Maine Gov. Paul LePage told Portland business leaders Thursday. More...
SANFORD — Some residents are getting together Saturday to help remove trash, brush and other debris from the yard at 56 Brook St. The home is vacant, said City Councilor Fred Smith, who is organizing the cleanup, among with others. More...
NORTH WATERBORO — Maine wardens, search and rescue teams, sheriff's deputies, state troopers and others were continuing their search in the woods around the Twin Pines mobile home park off Route 5 this morning for a 15-year-old who went for a w More...
NORTH WATERBORO — The search, by foot and by air, for a 15-year-old boy missing since mid-afternoon Thursday continued throughout Friday afternoon. More...
Website on Holocaust denial sends local girl to national competition
By TAMMY WELLS | Senior Staff Writer
WATERBORO — When Molly Doyle was in third grade, she read the book “Number the Stars.” Written by Lois Lowry, the work of historical fiction outlines an attempt by a 10-year-old to rescue a young Jewish woman by pretending she was More...
BOSTON (AP) — Perhaps the reason notoriously aggressive Boston drivers don't use their turn signals is that no one's ever put it in terms they understand. More...
NBA Heat 94, Nets 82 MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James scored 22 points, Chris Bosh added 18 and the Miami Heat took a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series by beating the Brooklyn Nets 94-82 on Thursday night. More...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick went back to Florida for his first-round selection in the NFL draft. The Patriots selected Florida defensive lineman Dominique Easley with the No. More...
KENNEBUNK — Kennebunk scored the opening seven goals of the game on the way to a 16-7 victory over Wells in a Western Maine Conference girls lacrosse game on Thursday night at Veteran's Memorial Field. Kyra Schwartzman led the Rams (5-0) More...
BIDDEFORD — Maine FabLab is introducing weekly sessions for children, teens and adults, as well as classes throughout the month. Weekly classes include: Tech Tuesday, Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m.; Teen After School Session, Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m.; Ki More...
BIDDEFORD — The grand opening for Impact Fitness Center LLC benefited the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Maine. Impact Fitness owner Scott Fleurant hosted the event and raised more than $900 to support the MDA's research programs and s More...
The old adage “it takes a village to raise a child,” is getting renewed interest in Biddeford, where representatives from the schools, social service agencies and justice system are coming together to promote “restorative justice.& More...
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea — President Vladimir Putin on Friday traveled to Crimea on his first trip to the Black Sea region since its annexation, a triumphant visit that follows a massive show of military muscle in the annual Red Square parade marking More...
COMMES, France — Weather conditions over Normandy had been iffy for days. Showers and wind in the morning gave way to glorious spring sunshine in the afternoon, then electric green lightning storms over the sea at night. More...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's attorney general said Wednesday that he supports keeping a 6-foot-tall statue of Jesus next to a Whitefish ski hill as a group of atheists and agnostics seek to remove it from U.S. Forest Service land. More...
PORTLAND — Bishop Robert P. Deeley, of the Diocese of Portland, has named Father Louis J. Phillips as the interim superintendent of Maine's Catholic schools. More...
Organist Mark Thallander is scheduled to perform musical pieces during Sunday morning worship services at several area churches this summer and fall: Cape Neddick Baptist Church, 34 River Road, Cape Neddick, Sundays, June 15 and July 6, 10:15 a.m.; T More...