Eighty-five students on 17 teams from high schools around the state compete for a trip to Washington.

LONDON – Susan Boyle is making her big-screen acting debut in a Christmas-themed British period drama. The Scottish singer appears in “The Christmas Candle,” a story of angels and wishes set in an English village in the 1890s. Boyle’s role has not been disclosed. In a statement, Boyle said she was enjoying filming and “everyone […]

LONDON – Susan Boyle is making her big-screen acting debut in a Christmas-themed British period drama. The Scottish singer appears in “The Christmas Candle,” a story of angels and wishes set in an English village in the 1890s. Boyle’s role has not been disclosed. In a statement, Boyle said she was enjoying filming and “everyone […]

Debi Austin smoked through a hole in her throat on TV to illustrate tobacco’s addictiveness.

‘I could swear I heard him hollering my name to help him,’ says his tearful brother.

As UMaine fights for a Hockey East playoff berth, the versatile sophomore fills all roles.

Schwarzkopf will be buried near his father, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the founder and commander of the New Jersey State Police.

WESTBROOK – A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly masturbating in an adult services room of the Walker Memorial Library on Main Street in Westbrook. Gregory S. Tarling, 45, of 65 Lawrence St., Gray, was charged with indecent conduct, a class E misdemeanor crime. According to the press release issued by Capt. Tom Roth, […]

WESTBROOK – Michael Anthony Femling, a former Westbrook resident, was recently arrested in Montana, where he waits to be extradited back to Maine to stand trail on 34 counts of violating privacy against minors. According to Westbrook Detective Sgt. Pat Lally, Femling had installed a video camera in a bathroom in February 2009. The camera […]

WESTBROOK – Westbrook School Superintendent Marc Gousse’s contract has been renewed for another three years, extending his current role into 2017. On Feb. 13, the School Committee unanimously voted to approve Gousse’s new contract, which includes a pay freeze and a cut in his vacation and sick time. “I don’t look at it as taking […]