HONOLULU (AP) — All 11 people on board a skydiving plane died when it crashed and burned at a small airfield north of Honolulu last week. It was the worst civilian aviation accident in the U.S. since 2011. The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office has identified nine victims, including a young couple from Colorado celebrating their […]

English Language Learners in Biddeford’s Adult Education Program toured Ready Seafood on Tuesday. Instructor Sam Smithwick said that the students found it very impressive to learn about new technologies being used at Ready Seafood and seeing such a diverse group of employees. Ready Seafood is adding a Saco facility. Smithwick said that Biddeford’s Adult Education […]

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, appealed Tuesday for the Palestinians to consider a $50 billion economic support plan, even though they already rejected the proposal because it does not include a political resolution to the long-running conflict with the Israelis. Kushner, speaking at a conference in Bahrain, […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH  — Biologists are baffled by a record number of Piping Plover nests along the York County coastline this year and are working to keep the nests and chicks safe as thousands of beachgoers will descend upon plover nesting areas this summer. A count of 87 nests along the coast discovered by biologists […]

KENNEBUNK — The Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission will receive supplemental funding of $373,170 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of its Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grants for 2019. These funds are part of $9.3 million for 24 communities nationwide with $2.6 million designated for seven communities in New England, including towns and cities […]

BIDDEFORD – The new judicial center project for York County had been delayed, but is now back on track, said the state’s court administrator. Still, the construction start for the new York Judicial Center on Route 1 in Biddeford is expected to be several months away. State Court Administrator James T. Glessner said a ground […]

SACO — A local man who pleaded guilty to making a bomb and then selling it to an undercover federal agent was sentenced Tuesday at U.S. District Court  to 27 months in federal prison. Michael Rickett, 23, of Saco, will also serve three years of supervised release for selling an unregistered destructive device, a bomb, […]

From the moment the curtain rose, it was clear this revival of “42nd Street” was going to set a new bar for the award-winning Ogunquit Playhouse by being (in the words of Julian Marsh) “better than best.”  With a tip of the hat to its creative family tree, Director and Choreographer Randy Skinner brilliantly combines […]

SANFORD — The city of Sanford is expected to further discuss the possibilities of adopting some sort of managed downtown parking, including downtown streets and city-owned lots. It is a discussion that has been had before, and in 2015 a  parking plan was developed but wasn’t implemented. Now, it could. The Property Subcommittee of the […]