OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from March 25 to March 31: • James Albert, 53, of Old Orchard Beach, was issued a summons for violating bail conditions of release. • James Hutchinson, 61, of Pittsfield, was issued a summons […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Fisher-Price recalled nearly 5 million infant sleepers on Friday after more than 30 babies died in them over a 10-year period. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said anyone who bought a Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play sleeper should stop using it right away and contact Fisher-Price for a refund or voucher. The sleepers, […]

WATERBORO — A motorist who swerved in the roadway on Friday in Waterboro to avoid a squirrel went off the road, striking and breaking a utility pole. The driver, Jeffrey Kazukiewicz, 45, of Waterboro was operating a 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander on Middle Road in Waterboro when the mishap occurred around 11 a.m. Friday, said York County […]

PORTSMOUTH, N. H. — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, just across the harbor on Seavey Island in Kittery, pumped $882 million into the economy in 2018, up $131 million from the previous year. Those who work there say the 219-year-old shipyard has a strong future, with more than enough work to keep the civilian and military workforce […]

LONDON (AP) — British police on Thursday hauled a bearded and shouting Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he was holed up for nearly seven years, and the U.S. charged the WikiLeaks founder with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to get their hands on government secrets. Police arrested Assange after the […]

BIDDEFORD — Like many teachers, Emily Valentino of St. James School believes in opening the eyes of her students to new concepts and new ideas and giving them an opportunity to better understand the world around them. This school year, Valentino, a science teacher at the Catholic elementary school in Biddeford, has accomplished that mission […]

An inmate at the Maine State Prison in Warren died Wednesday morning, just six days before he was scheduled to be released. Maine Corrections Commissioner Randall A. Liberty identified the inmate as 53-year-old Paul Rivera. Rivera, who was from West Gardiner, died about 6:20 a.m. Liberty said that Rivera’s death is not considered to be […]

The body of a missing Bar Harbor man was recovered Thursday from the ocean near Thunder Hole in Acadia National Park. Adam Emmett, 45, was reported missing on Monday, and his body was found around noon by Maine Marine Patrol. The Maine Warden Service, Maine Marine Patrol and Acadia National Park personnel searched for Emmett […]

Two storms expected next week, combined with warmer weather at the end of this week, could bring flooding to central Maine. Derek Schroeter, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, said two “rather impressive rain events” are expected next week. But even before the first arrives Sunday night, higher temperature will move into […]

HALLOWELL — Maine’s Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to grant a key certificate to Central Maine Power’s controversial, 145-mile transmission line through western Maine. The three commissioners unanimously agreed with a PUC staff report that the economic and grid reliability benefits of CMP’s proposed $1 billion transmission line outweigh harder-to-gauge impacts on scenery and outdoor recreation in […]