KENNEBUNK — An important aspect of emergency communication across America will be showcased in an upcoming event in Kennebunk. On Saturday, June 22 and Sunday June 23, members of the New England Radio Discussion Society will demonstrate emergency capabilities in the national Amateur Radio Field Day. The event runs from 2 p.m. Saturday, June 22 […]

WATERBORO — An April vote cast by a selectman against a proposed ordinance that would have allowed all terrain vehicles to use three public roads has sparked a sign campaign against him. Tim Neill, a former long time member of the Planning Board, is seeking his second, three-year term as a Waterboro selectman. He currently […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — Police in Kennebunkport arrested two suspects during a traffic stop in connection with the theft of credit cards in the town on Tuesday. According to Craig Sanford, Kennebunkport Chief of Police, a Kennebunkport resident had observed a car and the suspects taking mail from mailboxes in town last week and saw the same […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Early in the morning on a two-show day on Broadway, Jeff Daniels reluctantly talks about his Tony Award nomination. He doesn’t want to get his hopes up, so he prefers to “remain neutral” on the nod, his third. As for the role that got him there, well, that’s another story. Daniels […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill Wednesday making Maine the 17th state to ban so-called “conversion therapy” that attempts to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors. Mills, a Democrat, signed the bill while surrounded by legislators, young people and advocates for Maine’s LGBTQ community who were involved in the multi-year effort to […]

California saw a surge in medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations after it passed a law in 2015 that is similar to the bill Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed last week banning all non-medical exemptions. Parents who wanted to avoid school-required vaccines for their children exploited a loophole in the California law by finding doctors who […]

A Portland man has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of his girlfriend in March. Gregory Vance, 61, appeared at the Cumberland County Courthouse for a brief hearing Wednesday morning. Wearing a blue dress shirt and a pink tie, he told the judge he understood the charge against him and entered his plea […]

A bill that has received majority support in both houses of the Legislature would create the toughest state internet privacy law in the nation, prohibiting carriers such as AT&T and Spectrum from selling Maine customers’ personal data without their permission. On Wednesday, the House voted 96-45 in support of the bill, with nine Republicans voting […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A body believed to be a missing 5-year-old Utah girl was found Wednesday less than a block from her home, bringing a wide-ranging search to a grim close five days after the child was taken from her home and killed by her uncle, police said. The body believed to be […]