Seven people were injured Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash in Bradford, according to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly after 6 p.m., a vehicle driven by Mark Libby, 65, of Bradford collided near the intersection of Storer Road and Williams Road with a pickup truck driven by Vance Corliss, 55, of Bradford and containing […]

The third suspect wanted in connection with a shooting last week in Presque Isle was arrested Sunday evening by the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office. Jason Alexander, 44, of Blaine was taken into custody without incident around 6 p.m. at a home in Blaine where he had been hiding out since the shooting, which took place […]

BIDDEFORD — It had been years, and for some probably decades, since many members of a neighborhood on Old Pool Road had seen each other, but once they got together, it’s just like old times. “It’s like everything disappears except the good old days,”said Dana Peck at his friend Richard Cote’s house on Saturday, where […]

KENNEBUNK — The RSU 21 Board of Directors has welcomed Dr. Maryann Perry as the school district’s new interim Superintendent, after a unanimous vote on Monday, Sept. 9. Perry has more than 35 years of experience in public education, including serving as a superintendent at a district in Massachusetts for six years. She earned her doctorate […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday lined up to call for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the face of a new, uninvestigated, allegation of sexual impropriety when he was in college. Kavanaugh was confirmed last October after emotional hearings in the Senate over a sexual assault allegation from his high […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On Sunday morning, Iran denied it was involved in Yemen rebel drone attacks the previous day targeting the world’s biggest oil processing facility and an oil field in Saudi Arabia, just hours after America’s top diplomat alleged that Tehran was behind the “unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.” […]

ALFRED – Helicopters, a hazmat team, drones, and an array of equipment operated by emergency services providers will be on display at an open house for public officials Sept. 20 in Alfred. First responders, local emergency directors, legislators, school superintendents, municipal managers and  other public officials from all of York County’s 29 municipalities are invited […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Sales for Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments,” her highly anticipated sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” have already topped 100,000 copies. “The Testaments” was released Tuesday and returned readers to the dystopia of Gilead. According to Doubleday, combined sales for print, e-book and audio editions exceed 125,000 copies in the United States alone. […]

Scarborough police say a cyclist who was hit by a car on Route 1 has died. Kathleen Kirsch, 63, of Scarborough, died at Maine Medical Center in Portland, police said Saturday morning. She collided with a car around 3 p.m. on Friday, near On the Vine Marketplace, and was taken to the hospital with what […]

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of climate change.   FREEPORT — From the one-lane bridge over the Little River at low water, you can see men hunched over the mudflats, hundreds of yards from shore, flipping the sea bottom with their […]