BIDDEFORD — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Biddeford Police from May 24 to May 30: • Dawn A. Adams, 31, of Saco was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence (alcohol). • James M. Brown, 48, of Biddeford, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence (drug […]

SACO — Local educational foundation Saco STEAM has awarded nearly $10,000 for local educational projects. SacoSTEAM was founded in 2018 to support science, technology, engineering, arts and math projects in kindergarten through eighth grades. “We have a three-prong mission where we want to increase advocacy, increase communication, and when we can, increase some funding for […]

BAR HARBOR — Bay Ferries, the company planning to provide ferry service between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, announced Friday that the service will not be up and running by June 21, the first day the company had sold tickets for the route. “The earliest date on which any service could commence is midsummer,” […]

AUGUSTA — Maine would tax vaping products the same way it taxes tobacco products if lawmakers approve a bill that cleared a legislative committee on a party line vote late Thursday. In a separate vote, also along party lines, the Taxation Committee endorsed a bill that would subject more of an inheritance to the estate […]

The back-of-the-envelope math goes something like this: 25 people responsible for pulling 80 tons, or 6,400 pounds per person. “It was actually easier than it looks,” said Gary Keniston, part of the team representing Thirsty Turf Irrigation of Gorham. Thirsty Turf was one of 20 teams that participated Saturday in the inaugural Plane Pull to […]

The Coast Guard says a boater who was rescued near Crow Island in Down East Maine survived in dangerously cold water because he was properly prepared. The Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a notification at 5:42 a.m. Saturday that a 34-foot pleasure craft was rapidly taking on water close to Crow Island, which […]

LONDON (AP) — Academy Award-winning actress Olivia Colman has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II – the monarch she is about to play on the Netflix royal family TV drama “The Crown.” Colman was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, in the annual Queen’s Birthday Honors list. The performer […]

BEIJING (AP) — China is creating a system to protect its technology, according to state media, as the U.S. restricts the access of Chinese companies to American technology in a spiraling trade dispute. The People’s Daily newspaper said Sunday that the system will build a strong firewall to strengthen the nation’s ability to innovate and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced late Friday that he had suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting that the country “has agreed to take strong measures” to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. But the deal the two neighbors agreed to falls short of some of the dramatic overhauls […]

DIXFIELD — A Rumford man is scheduled to appear in court Friday, charged with trying to steal a vehicle from a fisherman at gunpoint last weekend, interim Police Chief Ron Wood said Thursday. Vance Billings, 43, of 65 Washington St. was arrested Wednesday in Dixfield, four days after he eluded police by swimming across the […]