Workplace behavior will be in the spotlight next week when the vice chairwoman of the Buxton Board of Selectmen goes on trial on an assault charge. Jean Harmon is accused of assaulting Gregory Heffernan, the town’s solid waste manager. Harmon, however, says that the two were “Gibbs cuffing” — a trademark slap given by “NCIS” […]

Should you run across a tiny teddy bear, the size of a cat toy, while walking around Portland this month, don’t take it home to your cat. Go to The Great Lost Bear on Forest Avenue, where you’ll be rewarded with a $20 gift certificate to the burgers-and-beer restaurant. The bear hunt is just one of […]

The Westbrook Police Department is urging residents not to call it with complaints about concert noise at the city’s new Maine Savings Pavilion at Rock Row, saying it ties up the department’s two dispatchers and prevents them from handling urgent calls. The department posted Saturday on its Facebook page to say residents have continued to […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a plane blew tires while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, sending it skidding on the runway before coming to a halt. United Airlines said Flight 627 from Denver was landing at 1 p.m. Saturday with 166 passengers when the tires blew. United spokesman Robert Einhorn said the plane […]

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Almost immediately after finishing a grueling 3.5-hour rescue effort Wednesday, carrying a 47-year-old woman who had slipped on wet granite on the Gorge Path down the trail to a waiting ambulance, rescuers were called to another trail to do it all over again. In both incidents, hikers had slipped on wet […]

KENNEBUNK – As the school year ends, a collection of selfless eighth-graders at the Middle School of the Kennebunks reflected on the ways they gave back this year with their community service projects. Each eighth-grade student at the Middle School of the Kennebunks is required to complete a community service project prior to the end […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for attacks on oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but he also held out hope that implicit U.S. threats to use force will yield talks with the Islamic Republic as the Pentagon considers beefing up defenses in the Persian Gulf area. A day after […]

SACO — Recent Thornton Academy graduate Virginia Bradford has definitely left her mark on campus. Bradford, 18, of Saco, was the 15th year recipient of the Purchase Prize. Her digital photo, “Self-Portrait in Blue,” is now part of the Thornton’s permanent art collection. For “Self-Portrait in Blue,” Bradford wore a vintage dress from the 1930s, […]

LEWISTON — A steady stream of cyclists in the 35th Trek Across Maine rounded the corner at Lisbon Street onto Pine Street midmorning Friday with the help of some signs and a few police cars. The route, beginning in Brunswick and passing over the train trestle between Auburn and Lewiston, was a first for the […]