BANGOR — A homeless man accused of setting a delivery truck afire, killing two transients who’d been sleeping inside in Bangor, was convicted Friday of murder and arson. John De St. Croix, who declined to testify, showed no emotion but several of the victims’ family members quietly wept when the jury announced the verdicts, the […]

A husband and wife who died Friday afternoon in a single-car crash in Plymouth had been married for nearly six decades, their son said. Clyde “Shammy” and Catherine Grant grew up in Old Town and then raised a family there. They were 78 and 76, respectively. “They were married for 59 years and still held […]

SANFORD — The Sanford City Council is expected to act Tuesday on the Sanford Budget Committee’s unanimous recommendation to approved  the $84.3 million combined school and municipal budget. The budget committee’s recommendation is about $374,000 less than the original proposal. If approved with the recommended cuts, that would result in a projected mil rate increase […]

A bill that would have created a commission to study and recommend a minimum age for participating in tackle football was unanimously rejected by committee lawmakers after they realized a similar organization already exists and would take up the same issue. Bill sponsor Rep. Michael Brennan, D-Portland, said he introduced the bill because of the […]

The number of children in state custody increased by 17 percent and the number of children in foster care rose by 20 percent from 2017 to 2018, according to a new report. Additionally, Maine led the nation in 2017 for the highest rate of children diagnosed with anxiety disorders and was third for the rate […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nicolas Cage has filed for an annulment four days after getting married in Las Vegas. A court record shows Cage asked for the annulment Wednesday citing reasons that included being too drunk to understand his actions when he married girlfriend Erika Koike. Cage, whose real name is Nicolas Kim Coppola, says […]

KENNEBUNK — The town of Kennebunk is proposing a $14.5 million municipal budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The proposed fiscal year 2020 municipal budget is about a $900,000 increase over the current year’s town budget. Residents will vote whether to approve the budget during a June 11 town referendum. The town’s current mil rate […]