The remains of a human body were found during a search Sunday for a local man missing in Bangor, the Maine Warden Service said. Warden Alan Curtis and a his cadaver dog found the remains in the woods a half-mile from Stillwater Avenue around 10 a.m. , warden service spokesman Mark Latti said in a […]

A 40-year-old mother of four was struck and killed by a car Saturday night in Gray, and a North Yarmouth man was accused of drunken driving in the incident. Jay Westra, 58, was charged with operating under the influence after his 2015 Honda Civic struck Samantha Rinaldi, 40, of Gray, who was walking on Yarmouth […]

BUXTON  — First responders from Buxton Fire and Rescue and the Buxton Police Department responded to an accident on Rocky Dundee Road in Buxton at about 1:13 a.m. Sunday. According to a Facebook post issued by Buxton Fire and Rescue, two people were hurt in the accident. One individual that was injured in the crash […]

SPRINGVALE — The annual plant sale of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in York County will be Saturday, May 18, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the UMaine Extension office, 15 Oak St., Springvale. Annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, trees, shrubs and houseplants will be for sale, as will an assortment of gently used gardening books […]

All those Swiftie sleuths got it right: Cat mama Taylor Swift debuted her feline No. 3, a sweet-faced baby boy named Benjamin Button, after his surprise reveal in the music video for her new song “ME!” The pop star’s famous Scottish Folds, Olivia Benson and Meredith Grey, have a brown-eared sibling who snuggled with Swift […]

A Lewiston man died Sunday after his clothes caught fire while he was smoking. Victor Lauze, 75, died Sunday evening at Maine Medical Center in Portland, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Neighbors heard a smoke detector going off and found Lauze in his second-floor apartment at 104 Knox St. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has informed the House Judiciary Committee that Attorney General William Barr may skip a Thursday hearing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report if committee lawyers seek to question him. The Democratic-run committee plans to allow counsels from both sides to ask Barr about the Russia probe after the traditional […]

BATH, Maine (AP) — Former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughters christened a stealthy warship bearing his name Saturday, smacking Champagne bottles against a metal star symbolizing Texas as a crowd roared in approval. Champagne sprayed into the air when Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson simultaneously smashed their bottles as they stood on […]

At Woodhull Public House in Yarmouth, you won’t find traditional fish and chips, ploughman’s lunch or shepherd’s pie. Instead, owner Seth Balliett has filled the menu with street foods from different cultures – lots of Mexican options, such as fish tacos and street corn fritters; and Asian options, such as Korean fried chicken and Thai […]

A Waterville man who robbed the Bangor Savings Bank branch in Waterville, only to fall on the ice while fleeing and drop the cash and the BB gun he had brandished in front of a police officer, pleaded guilty to robbery and theft charges Thursday in court. Jason M. Mackenrodt, 37, was sentenced to five years in […]