The Portland area’s old-school restaurant scene is undergoing a shakeup, with two longtime Italian eateries closing and a third relocating to one of the pair’s location. The building that houses Maria’s restaurant at 337 Cumberland Ave. has been sold to Youth and Family Outreach, which plans to expand its services there, and the family that […]

More than 500 new laws or law changes will take effect Thursday in Maine. From banning electronic cigarettes and vaping devices on public school grounds and preventing motorists from holding cellphones to setting new work experience requirements for candidates running for county sheriff, changes big and small are on the horizon for Mainers. In all, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden , the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. A statement issued in President Donald Trump’s name gave no further details, such as when […]

OGUNQUIT – he winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, “Kinky Boots” hits the Ogunquit Playhouse stage Sept. 18 through Oct. 27. Featuring a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner, Harvey Fierstein and a joyous, Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper, the Ogunquit Playhouse production is staged by Nathan Peck, and stars Graham Scott […]

BIDDEFORD — If gardens are the realization of hopes and dreams, visitors attending the dedication of the new St. André Health Care Memory Care Garden on Friday in Biddeford can bear witness to that. Surrounded by trees and nature, the new 5,600-square-foot garden was praised by special guests at the event including U.S. Sen. Susan […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department told a judge Friday that the House Judiciary Committee shouldn’t get access to secret grand jury material amassed during the special counsel’s Russia investigation, even as it weighs whether to pursue impeachment. The response comes nearly two months after the committee filed a petition in federal courtarguing that lawmakers need […]

BRUNSWICK — When Carolyn Brady rules the world, you won’t see her doing it in a baby blue, sequined dress. Nor is that what she will wear when she walks across the Miss America stage this December. While the 22-year-old-Miss Maine does, in fact want to both rule the world and take home the Miss […]

Skowhegan natives E. James “Jim” Ferland and Eileen P. Ferland were revealed Thursday as the anonymous donors who gave $10 million last year to help build the Engineering Education and Design Center at the University of Maine, Orono. The new facility will be named in honor of the couple, whose gift was revealed Thursday by […]

Scarborough police are asking for help identifying a female cyclist who was seriously injured in a collision with a car on Route 1 Friday afternoon. Police released a photo of the damaged bike on Twitter in hopes that someone would recognize and help identify the victim, who was taken a local hospital with what police […]