BIDDEFORD — In exploring a wide range of occupations during a Career Day event on Friday, sixth-graders at Biddeford Middle School learned that to land a dream job, it takes serious focus on academics, preparation and a desire to think big. Hundreds of students at the school spent two hours Friday morning listening to stories […]

BIDDEFORD — Next month, some residents of what is now a residential zone close to Biddeford’s urban core will have the opportunity to add apartments to their property, thanks to a land use ordinance amendment that the City Council approved on Tuesday. The measure passed unanimously with no discussion. The amendment extends the Main Street […]

The March 1 fire at a Berwick apartment building that killed Berwick fire Capt. Joel Barnes was sparked by improperly discarded smoking materials, the state fire marshal said Friday. The determination comes after a month of investigation by the fire marshal’s office, which cooperated with investigators from the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. […]

AUGUSTA — A legislative committee Friday endorsed a bill that aims to send a message to federal officials by prohibiting exploration or drilling for oil and gas in Maine’s state-owned waters. Members of the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted 7-4 to support a ban on “any oil and natural gas exploration, development or […]

SEATTLE (AP) — On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death, dozens of people left flowers, candles and handwritten messages at a Seattle park near the house where the Nirvana frontman killed himself. Cobain, whose band rose to global fame in the city’s grunge rock music scene of the early 1990s, was 27 when he […]

Westbrook police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested two people at a Saco Street apartment Thursday night and charged them with aggravated drug trafficking of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Charged were 34-year-old Aaron Dansky and 27-year-old Kelly Palmer, formerly of Dover, N.H. They both face one count of aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs after […]

AUGUSTA — A bill that would ban telemarketer robocalls in Maine has received unanimous approval on Thursday from the Legislature’s Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee. The bill now must go before the Senate and the House for further votes before it can get final approval. The bill, LD 277, “An Act To Ban […]

SPRINGVALE — People looking to change careers, perhaps change employers and those exploring their options will find an unprecedented number of employers looking for workers on Thursday at the York County Regional Job Fair, set for 1 to 5 p.m. at Nasson Community Center. More than 110 employers — from industries like health care, insurance, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A western New York man has been charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Federal prosecutors announced Friday that Patrick Carlineo Jr. was arrested after placing a threatening call to Omar’s office in Washington D.C. last month. Authorities did not say when Carlineo was arrested. Omar is […]

ARUNDEL — An afternoon car crash in Arundel knocked over a live utility wire sparking a small grass fire that was extinguished by firefighters on Friday afternoon. According to York County Sheriff William L. King, Jr., deputies responded to the scene of a one-vehicle crash on Log Cabin Road near the intersection of Lombard Road in […]