YORK COUNTY — York County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Maine State Police troopers and other law enforcement the make up the Regional Impaired Driving Enforcement Team will be conducting sobriety checkpoints tonight, May 23. Locations could include Route 111 in the Lyman and Arundel areas, Route 1 in Arundel and Route 202 in Waterboro, said York […]

SANFORD – If you’ve got an old bicycle or a new one, a recumbent bike or some other sort, a ride through Sanford’s new 3 ½ mile cross-town route —or portions of it — on June 1 might just be for you. Lee Burnett of the Sanford Trails Committee said Sanford Bike Fest will offer […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump dropped the pretense of working with congressional Democrats on Wednesday and sent a clear message that his re-election campaign will be centered on condemning overzealous investigations rather than advancing a robust domestic policy agenda. Both sides may have feigned surprise at Trump’s angry outburst, in which he said he […]

A Saco dye house that expanded in 2017 in hopes of reviving the state’s textile industry has shut down, breaking the supply chain for other textile companies in the New England area. Maine Textiles International co-founder Claudia Raessler cited problems related to an equipment upgrade and expansion effort as the primary reasons for its downfall. The business […]

SACO — A potential lease agreement the Saco Schools Department is seeking for a new building for its Pre-K program may have hit a snag. Last week, the school board authorized Superintendent of Schools Dominic DePatsy to sign a lease with Toddle Inn to use its building at 5 Willey Road in the Spring Hill […]

PORTLAND — A York man was sentenced to two years in prison for sending emails across state lines threatening to sexually assault people at gunpoint and identity theft. U. S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank pronounced the sentence, that also includes three years of supervised release, at U.S. District Court in Portland on Tuesday. Austin Santoro, […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — History can be learned from reading textbooks, but if you want to go to the primary source for local history, look no farther than older community members. Students at Loranger Memorial School are learning this first hand through the Making Memories project, an initiative being conducted through a partnership with the […]

SANFORD — A new spot where people can gather to play arcade games or air hockey, or a string or two of 10-pin bowling, is scheduled to open in Sanford this fall. Smitty’s Cinema, the movie house where you can get a meal or a drink and watch the latest movies at the same time, […]

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A judge will not consider requests from a dead farmer’s relatives to impose prison time when she sentences “The Bachelor” star Chris Soules for leaving the scene of the accident that killed the man, she ruled Tuesday. The wife and sons of farmer Kenneth Mosher are not considered victims under Iowa […]

BRUNSWICK — A private music teacher who was already charged with unlawful sexual contact faces an additional 19 counts concerning alleged contact with the same victim, who is now 9 years old. Joshua King, 32, now has been indicted on 25 counts of unlawful sexual contact with one of his music students at The Music […]