KENNEBUNK — State police say a tractor trailer was destroyed early Monday morning after it caught fire on the Maine Turnpike in Kennebunk. The truck was loaded with Coca Cola products and was headed north to Bangor when the driver discovered the fire and pulled the truck to the breakdown lane at mile 26, just after […]

AUGUSTA — On April 10, a bill sponsored by State Sen. Susan Deschambault, D-Biddeford, that criminalizes licensed pastoral counselor sexual abuse received unanimous approval from the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. The bill now faces votes before the Maine Senate and House. If passed out of Legislature, the bill with go to Gov. […]

BIDDEFORD, Maine – The Biddeford Education Foundation will host a spaghetti dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23 to support the new Biddeford High School Marching Band. The dinner will feature rolls and salad donated by Texas Roadhouse, spaghetti and meatballs donated by Hannaford, Market Basket, and Shaw’s. The event will be held in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani insisted there was “nothing wrong” with the president’s 2016 campaign taking information from the Russians, as House Democrats pledged stepped-up investigations into campaign misconduct and possible crimes of obstruction detailed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report . Giuliani called the Trump campaign’s effort to get political help from […]

Twenty-five years ago, three Mainers celebrated Earth Day by announcing a far-fetched idea that has since led them on a far-flung adventure, as their concept for the International Appalachian Trail made its way across the Atlantic Ocean. What started as a trail connecting Maine to Canada became a cooperative effort among hiking groups, rambling clubs […]

ROCKLAND — The South School will be closed Monday after extensive damage was done during a break-in discovered Saturday morning. There was damage to doors and interior door windows, Regional School Unit 13 Superintendent John McDonald said in an email Saturday morning. The nurse’s office was broken into and student medications were stolen, McDonald said. “Parents […]

BIDDEFORD — The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife Hundreds of children, basket in hand, stood anxiously alongside parents or grandparents in front of Biddeford Primary School on Saturday morning, waiting for the Biddeford Recreation Department’s annual Easter egg hunt to begin and their chance to collect the treat-filled eggs. Recreation […]

CAPE NEDDICK — Ground was broken in late March for a much larger Center for Wildlife facility serving thousands of injured wild animals in New England. For more than 30 years, the Center for Wildlife has located at the base of Mount Agamenticus. During those three decades, the center has only undertaken one indoor expansion, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Branch and Patrick Carney of the Black Keys are married. The Grammy-winning musicians tied the knot Saturday at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans in front of close friends and family, a representative for Carney told The Associated Press on Sunday. Among those attending the wedding were the couple’s […]

AUGUSTA — There it was. Dent and all. The New England Patriots’ sixth Lombardi Trophy made an appearance in Augusta Friday, put on display in the State House’s Hall of Flags from 1-4 p.m. Governor Janet Mills and Augusta-born defensive end Derek Rivers were present at the viewing, and Patriots fans were welcome to show […]