BIDDEFORD — For the ninth consecutive year, city officials in Biddeford have been recognized for excellence in financial reporting. According to Danica Lamontagne, Biddeford’s communications coordinator, the Government Finance Officers Association has awarded the city a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for compilation of its 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, marking the […]

BERWICK – When the Civil Air Patrol was formed in November 1941, just a week before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II, two Maine squadrons – at Trenton, near Bar Harbor, and Portland, had already been at work since April, patrolling coastal waters. These days, there are 11 squadrons, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — David Muir is celebrating his fifth anniversary as “World News Tonight” anchor with something that’s rare in television: a larger audience. The ABC newscast finished its year-long season last week with an average of 8.6 million viewers a night, the Nielsen company said. It’s the third straight year ABC has won […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — September is Library Card Sign-up Month, and the Edith Belle Libby Library in Old Orchard Beach is doing its part to promote library patronage. Representatives of the Friends of Libby Library, a volunteer group that advocates for the Edith Belle Libby Library, located at 27 Staples St. and promotes reading, made […]

SANFORD – The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police Sept. 12 through Sept. 23, 2019: • Haley Priscilla Lapoint, 21, Alfred, was arrested on a warrant at the intersection of Main and Essex streets. • Emily A. Hanson, 27, Sanford., was issued a summons on Berwick Avenue charging she failed to register […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s withholding of military aid from Ukraine and his calls for the country’s new president to investigate the family of a political rival have thrust the East European nation into an American political storm for the second time in three years. Before news broke that an intelligence whistleblower had filed […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump made his political priorities clear Monday within an hour of arriving at the United Nations for a three-day visit: He breezed by a major climate change summit to focus instead on religious persecution, an issue that resonates with his evangelical supporters. The climate summit, a centerpiece of this year’s U.N. […]

SANFORD – Wanzek is looking for electricians, equipment operators and others to work on the NextEra solar project at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport and will host a job fair on Wednesday at the York County CareerCenter on Bodwell Court in Springvale. NextEra is building a 50 megawatt solar array at the airport on about 250 […]

PORTLAND — A local attorney has been ordered to oversee Saco Attorney Gary Prolman’s practice as Prolman serves a three-month extension on a suspension of practice of law stemming from a 2017 complaint of misconduct from a client. The three month suspension will be added on to the six month suspension he served in 2018. […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from July 29 and Aug. 3, 2019: • Shane Girard, 23, of Scarborough, was issued a summons for drinking in public. • Christopher Green, 26, of Taunton, Massachusetts was issued a summons for consuming […]