The Maine Supreme Court has upheld a guilty plea in one of the state’s oldest “cold cases” – the killing of a 4-month-old in 1979. The death of Nathan Hagar had originally been ruled as sudden infant death, an unexplained death considered accidental. That finding held up despite repeated confessions over the decades by Burton […]

ALFRED — A bill designed to provide a mechanism for York County to borrow money, and pay it back, in order to construct a building for the York County District Attorney’s Office adjacent to the planned York County Judicial  Center in Biddeford is going nowhere. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Sen. David Woodsome of Waterboro in […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Former Portland Fire Chief Frederick LaMontagne has been hired as the town of Old Orchard Beach’s new fire chief. LaMontagne was unanimously voted in by the Town Council on Tuesday night. He fills a position vacated by Ed Dube, who retired in April. Sherman Lahaie has served as the interim chief. […]

YORK COUNTY — Whether caused by choosing not to vote, not knowing there was an election or some other reason, the overwhelming majority of people registered to vote in York County’s three largest cities on June 11, didn’t exercise their right to do so. That is despite a number of methods municipalities employ to try […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks refused to answer questions related to her time in the White House in a daylong interview with the House Judiciary Committee, dimming Democrats’ chances of obtaining new or substantive information about President Donald Trump in their first interview with a person linked to his inner […]

LIMINGTON – Two suspects have been arrested and charged with operating a mobile methamphetamine lab after a Maine State Police Trooper and a York County Sheriff’s Office deputy came across the pair in a vehicle parked outside a business on Route 25 on Tuesday afternoon. After a brief investigation, officers said they located crystal methamphetamine […]

BIDDEFORD – A New York suspect whom authorities say brought fentanyl into Maine with the intent to sell it on the day after Christmas is asking a federal judge to allow her to enter her not guilty plea in absentia from her home state. Maine State Police say Jenny Santana-Vasquez, 32, of New York City, […]

BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford School Department held a surprise dedication at Biddeford Intermediate School last week unveiling Kenney Gymnasium in honor of retiring Principal Debra M. Kenney. The entire student body serenaded Kenney at the event with a song written especially for her as she was surrounded by family and friends. Kenney has touched the […]

SANFORD – The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police June 11 to June 17: • Jennifer Spencer-McKenzie, 35, Lebanon, was arrested and charged with driving to endanger and violating conditions of release following a crash on Main Street. • Paul Michael Casey,  33, Sanford, was arrested on a warrant following a vehicle […]