NEW YORK (AP) — In a rare order, New York City is requiring residents of a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood to be vaccinated for measles. Now the question is how officials intend to enforce that demand. Authorities plan to start by asking people sickened in the city’s biggest measles outbreak since 1991 about where they’ve […]

CORNISH — A 32-year-old horse was returned to its owners late Tuesday morning after a York County Sheriff’s Office deputy fashioned a makeshift halter and led the animal off Route 25 in Cornish. A caller notified police when he found the animal in the middle of the road about 3 a.m., and was worried the […]

LEBANON – Maine State Police say a Sanford man is facing charges after he allegedly threw drugs from a vehicle during a traffic stop on Friday and then ran away. Brandon Smith 34, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by state troopers in Lebanon for a vehicle violation. According to a Maine […]

SANFORD — Parishioners at St. Therese of Lisieux Parish will be greeting a new pastor on July 1. The Rev. Wilfred P. Labbe has been named pastor of the parish, which includes Holy Family Church in Sanford, Notre Dame Church in the Springvale village sector of Sanford and St. Matthew in Limerick. Labbe is currently […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took a victory lap after special counsel Robert Mueller concluded his Russia investigation. It may have been premature. The scramble to frame the investigation’s findings in the best political light is sure to be renewed in coming days when Mueller’s report is expected to be released in redacted form. […]

Two men face a litany of charges after police say they led officers on a high-speed chase through twisty York County back roads that ended in a car crash and a foot pursuit, police said. Bryan Farr-Luciano, 23, of Shapleigh, and Dylan Roberts, 23, of Sanford, were spotted shortly after midnight acting suspiciously at a […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Music superstar Taylor Swift says the efforts of a Tennessee LGBTQ advocacy group to fight a handful of contentious bills moving inside the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly inspired her to make a sizeable donation. According to the Tennessee Equality Project, Swift donated $113,000 to the organization on Monday. The group posted […]

SHAPLEIGH — The Shapleigh community is planning to come together to host a supper to benefit John and Teri Short and their family after a fire gutted their home on Sunday. The family was in church on Sunday morning when the fire broke out, said Shapleigh Fire Chief Duane Romano. John Short is pastor at […]

The revelation that residents of Maine’s two poorest counties are more likely to be audited than wealthier Americans has U.S. Sen. Angus King calling on the Internal Revenue Service to change its ways. In the wake of recent ProPublica investigations into the frequency of IRS tax audits, the Maine independent said federal tax overseers need to adopt […]