SANFORD — If you’ve been itching to purchase some seedlings to plant in your garden or have been longing for the taste of just-picked salad greens or other fresh, local foods, now’s your chance. Sanford Farmers’ Market is open 8 a.m. to noon today, May 4, for the first time this season, and will continue […]

Portland’s Northern Light Mercy Hospital has reached another milestone in its ongoing plan to relocate from State Street to a newer medical campus along the Fore River Parkway. Mercy announced Friday that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has approved its certificate of need application for the planned move, which would consolidate most […]

FRYEBURG – A family is displaced but unharmed after a Friday morning house fire. Fryeburg Public Safety crews responded to the fire at a single-family, single-story home at 34 Morningside Drive at 9 a.m. The fire was limited to a single room in the home and the occupants were able to get out safely, Fire […]

Federal prosecutors and state police announced charges against more than two dozen people from Maine and New York City in a sweeping drug trafficking case. Court documents show the charges resulted in an investigation into drugs – crack, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl – obtained in New York City and distributed in Washington and Hancock counties […]

While measles hasn’t spread to Maine this year despite numerous outbreaks in other parts of the country – primarily in New York City and Washington state – some adults, especially those in their 30s, 40s and early 50s, are wondering whether they need a measles booster shot. When the measles vaccine (now called MMR for […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Vince Vaughn has been convicted of reckless driving after his arrest for failing a drunken driving test last year. An attorney for the 49-year-old “Wedding Crashers” star entered a no contest plea to the misdemeanor count Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Vaughn was arrested June 10 at a sobriety […]

BUXTON — A Saco man is facing charges after he allegedly forced another driver off the road in Buxton, blocked the individual’s vehicle from re-entering the roadway and allegedly threatened to assault him in a so-called road rage incident on Wednesday. The incident played out around 3 p.m., when the reporting party said a man in […]

PORTLAND — A Biddeford resident accused of conspiracy and theft of firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer has pleaded guilty to the charge in U.S. District Court in Portland. Danny Rydle, 29, faces up to five years in federal prison on the conspiracy charge, up to 10 years on the theft charge and a […]

SACO — Esther Residence, a transitional facility in Saco for women coming out of incarceration, is planning two fundraisers that will assist them as they continue to support women who want to change their lives. The facility, located on Thornton Avenue in Saco, is in its 13th year of assisting women in transitioning back into […]

AUGUSTA — State Representative Donna Bailey, D- Saco, is proposing legislation that, if passed, would give abused animals a voice in court. The bill, LD 1442, An Act to Provide for Court-appointed Advocates for Justice in Animal Cruelty Cases, would allow courts to appoint law students or volunteer lawyers to advocate for the interests of […]