Portland officials said Wednesday that they are taking steps to help Casco Bay islanders deal with summertime congestion and a lack of parking on the mainland. The initiatives were announced a day before a key vote on plans for a large new ferry to Peaks Island, something many islanders fear will further strain their year-round […]

Gov. Janet Mills kicked off an effort to develop a 10-year economic development plan for the state on Tuesday. Mills said the plan, which she expects to get in November, will be turned over to lawmakers to use in the second session of the Legislature. The effort will be led by the state Department of […]

BIDDEFORD — A nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the arts as a civic priority in Biddeford has been designated as a $45,000 grant recipient from the National Endowment for the Arts. NEA Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter said that a grant of $45,000 to Engine of Biddeford for the architectural design of a 20,000-square-feet […]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — John Walker Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free after nearly two decades in prison. But conditions imposed recently on Lindh’s release, slated for Thursday, make clear […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tamping down talk of war, top Trump administration officials told Congress on Tuesday that recent actions by the U.S. deterred attacks on American forces. But some lawmakers remained deeply skeptical of the White House approach in the Middle East. After a day of closed-door briefings on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Mike […]

WELLS – Two Aroostook County men stopped by Maine State Police on the Maine Turnpike in Wells on Sunday are now in federal custody, accused of bringing 14 pounds of methamphetamine into Maine, with a plan to sell it. The pair was stopped on the Maine Turnpike in Wells by Trooper Jeremy Forbes after a […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A North Yarmouth woman was charged with operating under the influence after allegedly colliding into a bus with a golf cart Old Orchard Beach on Saturday night. Old Orchard Beach police responded to a call around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday reporting that a woman operating a golf cart at the Wagon […]

BIDDEFORD — Mission accomplished for Yuriy Reiter. On a Scouting journey since the age of 7, Reiter, now 18 and a graduating senior at Biddeford High School, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout, the Boys Scout’s highest rank, during a Court of Honor ceremony at Motorland in Arundel earlier this month. “My dad used […]

BIDDEFORD — Biddeford High School senior Olivia Whittaker has a unique connection with art. Since she began painting, she’s discovered its value for her and the community, and she’s even begun her own business “Under a Paintbrush.” Whittaker began painting in middle school when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She said her art […]