NEW YORK (AP) — Could “Friends” fans BE any luckier? Those who have snagged tickets to the New York City Pop-Up experience based on the comedy favorite will get to plop down on the orange couch at Central Perk, play foosball in Joey and Chandler’s apartment and marvel at Rachel’s haircuts through the show’s 10 […]

The Maine Department of Education is considering new physical fitness requirements for school bus drivers following a federal investigation into a fatal school bus crash in Iowa that killed the driver and a 16-year-old student. Maine officials also are considering other bus safety requirements, including seat belts on all large school buses and uniform standards […]

ROCKLAND — A South Thomaston woman accused of strangling and beating an 83-year-old woman to death in her Owls Head home is expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Sarah Richards, 37, pleaded not guilty in Knox County Superior Court on May 28 to murder and theft in connection with Helen Carver’s slaying […]

EASTPORT — Hurricane Dorian lashed the eastern tip of Maine with heavy rain, strong winds and high surf as the storm’s remnants passed offshore Saturday. The National Weather Service placed Down East Maine under a tropical storm warning on Saturday, and up to 3 inches of rain fell in a six-hour period in some places. […]

When she was 5, Jessica Meir drew a picture of herself as an astronaut. In her high school yearbook, she wrote that she wanted to go for a spacewalk. Six years ago NASA selected her for astronaut training. This month, the 42-year-old Caribou native will launch on her first mission to the International Space Station. […]

SANFORD – When Ken Brown applied for a firefighter paramedic job at the Sanford Fire Department, he let them know he was serving in the military. Brown has been a member of the New Hampshire National Guard for the past eight years. For the past five years, he has served as a flight medic. It […]

ABACO, Bahamas (AP) — The hurricane death toll is rising in the Bahamas, in what its leader calls “this hour of darkness.” Search and rescue teams were still trying to reach some Bahamian communities isolated by floodwaters and debris Saturday after Hurricane Dorian struck the northern part of the archipelago last Sunday. At least 43 […]

BIDDEFORD — Forecasters are predicting that Hurricane Dorian will stay offshore and not strike Maine this weekend, but in case it does, Maine’s Emergency Management Agency is remaining vigilant and keeping a careful eye on the monster storm that caused widespread devastation in the Bahamas and massive flooding in the Carolinas earlier this week. The Maine Emergency […]

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (AP) — As the sky cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday, residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks began to assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Dorian. Steve Harris has lived on Ocracoke Island for most of the last 19 years. He’s ridden out eight hurricanes, but he said he’d never seen a storm […]