AUGUSTA — About 60 conservative activists, Maine Republican Party members and former state and federal elected officials rallied at the State House on Monday to highlight Maine’s tax burden on the day income taxes were due in most of the U.S. “We have liberal politicians who think that your money, the money you pay in […]

PORTLAND — Maine lawmakers might try to pump some life into the state’s troubled wild blueberry industry by overhauling the makeup of the commission that promotes the state’s most important fruit crop. Maine is America’s sole significant commercial producer of wild blueberries. These are smaller than the ubiquitous cultivated blueberries and are used in lots […]

Lisa Fundis has a new kidney – donated from her daughter, Lily – a new life and a “jump to the front of the line” voucher in case she ever needs another kidney. Fundis, 54, owns the voucher thanks to her husband, George. The family participated in a new national program that aims to increase […]

PARIS — The inferno that raged through Notre Dame Cathedral for more than 12 hours destroyed its spire and its roof but spared its twin medieval bell towers, and a frantic rescue effort saved the monument’s “most precious treasures,” including the Crown of Thorns purportedly worn by Jesus, officials said Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron […]

SACO — As time elapses on an agreement to prevent erosion on Saco Island, officials will decide this spring on a course of action for the as-of-yet undeveloped property, whether it’s to replace the trees or plant grass in their place. Saco Island East, also known as Factory Island, was purchased by J&B Partners in […]

SANFORD — A local man who twice ran away from police during a traffic stop on Sunday faces a slew of charges from furnishing heroin and cocaine to escape and more. Sanford Deputy Police Chief Tim Strout said Jonathan Stewart, 36, was arrested after Officer Jared Archambault stopped his vehicle because he knew Stewart was […]

PARIS (AP) — Firefighters declared success Tuesday morning in their more than 12-hour battle to extinguish the flames that engulfed Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral. What remained was a blackened shell of the monument immortalized in Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” a building that had survived almost 900 years of tumultuous […]

LIMERICK — York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. said deputies believe a medical issue may have played a role in a crash that killed a Limerick motorist late Monday night. King said the investigation showed that a 2006 Kia SUV, operated by Ronald Lucier, 54, of Limerick, left the roadway and struck some large […]

SALISBURY, Mass. — An Alfred man sent to prison in 2016 after being convicted on two counts of attempted gross sexual assault of a pre-teen relative following an incident at his home in 2015 has been arrested and jailed in Massachusetts on drug charges. Thomas A. Proia, 43, was stopped by Massachusetts State Police for […]