BIDDEFORD — A photography project has given local teens the opportunity to explore the local landscape and how they fit into the community through the lens of a camera. The Photovoice Project is a collaboration between the local alternative high school program Alternative Pathways Center and Coastal Healthy Community Coalition, an organization that promotes healthy […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday granted Attorney General William Barr new powers to review and potentially release classified information related to the origins of the Russia investigation, a move aimed at accelerating Barr’s inquiry into whether U.S. officials improperly surveilled Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump directed the intelligence community to “quickly and fully […]

BAR HARBOR — The National Park Service says numerous improvements are taking place at Acadia National Park in Maine over the coming months. The service says work has begun at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center and work is slated to begin on the Frazer Point Pier early in July. Hiking trails are also scheduled for […]

The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine is expanding, nearly doubling the capacity of the nonprofit that gives out-of-town families a free place to stay while their children undergo treatment at Maine Medical Center. The $2.3 million expansion of a vacant building on Brackett Street within walking distance of Maine Med should be completed by […]

A Buxton man is facing a felony arson charge after an incident in which he allegedly threatened people with an ax and set a car and the woods on fire. Buxton police were called to Old Thompson Road at 4:35 p.m. on May 16 for a report of a man threatening people with an ax. […]

AUGUSTA — A bill to eliminate religious or philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations is headed to Gov. Janet Mills for her signature, after a final debate and approval Thursday in the Maine Senate. Prior to the 19-16 vote, lawmakers on both sides of the issue pointed to Maine’s first measles case in two years to bolster their […]

BOSTON (AP) — Celebrity chef Mario Batali is facing a criminal charge on allegations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017. Batali, who recently gave up financial stakes in all his restaurants, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a charge of indecent assault and battery, a spokeswoman […]

OUISTREHAM, France (AP) — There were countless times on D-Day and in the fighting in Normandy that followed when Leon Gautier could have been killed or grievously wounded. He and his comrades in an elite French unit were among the first waves of Allied troops to storm the heavily defended beaches of Nazi-occupied northern France, […]

LIMERICK — Two suspects have been arrested in Montana in connection with the May 13 armed robbery of Limerick Village Variety. The pair, Connor McGlone, 22, of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and Puamae’ole “Pua” Degrandis, 20, of Cape Elizabeth, were taken into custody on Tuesday following a traffic stop on Interstate 90 near Missoula. The two […]