March home sale figures provide the strongest evidence yet that the current real estate cycle in Maine may have reached its peak. After leveling off in January and February, the value of Maine homes began to decline slightly in March compared with a year earlier, reversing an upward trend that had lasted about three years. […]

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, have released new photos of their youngest child Prince Louis to celebrate his first birthday. Prince Louis reached the milestone on Tuesday. The photos, taken by Kate, show him playing in the garden of the family’s home in Norfolk, on England’s eastern coast. Louis is […]

Grants and scholarships cover the cost of tuition and fees for nearly a quarter of the in-state students in Maine’s public universities, the University of Maine System said Tuesday. The system said that 4,077 Maine students attending the state’s public colleges and universities this spring received enough financial aid to cover tuition and fees. The […]

ALFRED – The defense attorney for a former corrections officer who is on trial for sexual assault of a female inmate continued to criticize his accuser Wednesday morning. Joshua Dall-Leighton, 34, faces five counts of gross sexual assault. He had also been charged with one count of unlawful sexual contact, but that charge was dismissed […]

SACO — The Saco Parks and Recreation Department is inviting community members to celebrate the Earth and asking for help cleaning up this Saturday at its Earth Day celebration. Earth Day was founded on April 22, 1970, by U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin to promote awareness of environmental issues. Later that same year, Congress […]

KENNEBUNK — Emily Dickinson’s poetry expresses loneliness, delight, passion, despair and hope, and Patricia Mulholland of Arundel has written a chamber theater piece titled “A Solitude of Space,” celebrating this 19th century poet. Mulholland along with singers Karen Stathoplos, Vicki Adams, and David O’Brien of Mosaic, narrator Kim Krauss, and pianist April Masse will present this […]

BUXTON — A Waterboro man was charged with drunken driving after he backed into another vehicle and inadvertently began towing it behind his truck,Buxton police say . Officers Jessica Ramsay and Derek Dinsmore were on patrol around 11 p.m. Saturday when they saw a large pick-up truck that appeared to be towing a vehicle pull […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten is getting another chance at getting out of prison following a years-long saga that has seen a board recommend her parole three separate times. Van Houten’s case is being heard before California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, which will consider whether to overturn a Los […]

BIDDEFORD — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Biddeford Police from April 15 to April 22: • Roger G. Daigle, 56, of Biddeford, was arrested for disorderly conduct (loud, unreasonable noise). • William S. Guillette, 61, of Biddeford, was issued a summons for assault. • Michael D. Bissonnette, 54, of Biddeford, […]

BIDDEFORD — A Biddeford man killed in a collision with a train on Sunday was a waiter at a local restaurant. Dennis MacGillivray, 42, of Biddeford was walking on the railroad track in the area between Westmore Avenue and Pomerleau Street around 4 p.m. on Sunday when he was fatally struck by a train, according […]