SPRINGVALE — A woman who along with her husband, has been accused of beating a woman over the weekend in a Biddeford apartment is now facing a kidnapping charge. Records on file at Springvale District Court show Kimberly Marie Vigue-Brown, 31, was originally charged with aggravated assault, criminal threatening and robbery, all Class C felonies, […]

SACO — The Biddeford Alumni Band performed its annual benefit concert last weekend honoring Marcel “Mike” Drapeau and the Drapeau Scholarship and among famous songs from musicals and movies, the musicians also played a song composed by Alumni Band member and Biddeford High School senior Ethan Paquet. Paquet, a six-year member of The Alumni Band, […]

SACO – The Saco City Council agreed on Monday evening to close the investigation into Saco Police Chief Raynald Demers and Deputy Police Chief Corey Huntress. What happens next could be decided as early as Monday, May 13. The council is expected to conduct another closed-door session that evening, following the public session, which also […]

YORK COUNTY — Several York County high schools made the U.S. News and World Report list of top-performing public high schools. U.S. News teamed up with North Carolina-based RTI International, a global nonprofit social science research firm, to calculate a list of top-preforming schools in each state. The list was released late last week. Schools on […]

BATH — A 35-year-old Hope woman was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for causing a 2017 crash that killed a Woolwich couple. Danielle Ward had six children in her vehicle when the collision occurred, and tests showed she had drugs in her system. Ward was sentenced Tuesday in Sagadahoc County Superior Court to 15 […]

SMYRNA — Maine State Police say a motorist drove the wrong way on Interstate 95 and managed to elude troopers until his truck ran out of gas. Troopers say the episode unfolded Monday night on I-95 near Smyrna, in Aroostook County, when a driver traveling the wrong way refused to stop. Troopers shut down part […]

LONDON (AP) — Britons love to lay down their bets — and with the birth of a healthy baby boy for Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, it’s time to focus on boys’ names. Britain’s legal bookmakers reported high interest Tuesday in the names Alexander, James and Arthur. They also noted speculation about […]

AUGUSTA — A bill that would set Maine on a course to expand pre-kindergarten programs into every school district won unanimous approval Monday from the Legislature’s Education Committee. But lawmakers also agreed to give school districts more time to develop their programs, setting a deadline of the 2023-24 school year rather than the 2020-21 school […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee is moving ahead with a vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after last-minute negotiations stalled with the Justice Department over access to the full, unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Barr released a redacted version of Mueller’s report to the public […]