Maine continued its streak of historically low unemployment in February, reporting a rate of 3.4 percent. The Maine Department of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released February workforce estimates Friday. Maine’s rate of 3.4 percent compares with January’s rate of 3.5 percent. Last year, February’s jobless rate was 3.2 percent. It is […]

An ambitious dyehouse business in Saco that promised to save the area’s textile industry from extinction is now at risk of shutting down because of financial problems. Maine Textiles International LLC, co-owned by entrepreneurs Claudia and Kenneth Raessler, is headed for a courtroom showdown with the owner of its manufacturing facility. Developer Kevin Bunker of […]

KENNEBUNK— Some households in York County will be warmer next winter, thanks to a generous gift from the Hudson Foundation. The Hudson Foundation is a family foundation based in Portland that provides funding for New England non-profits that serve the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and populations. The foundation recently awarded Habitat for Humanity […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Papa John’s is getting “Shaq-ified.” The pizza chain said Friday that basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal will be its new pitchman, appearing in TV commercials and promoting Papa John’s in other ways. The company hopes O’Neal can repair its image and revive its sales after the company’s founder and namesake, […]

SACO — The University of Maine at Augusta will be holding information sessions statewide for several of its innovative academic programs that fulfill workforce needs throughout the state including right here in Saco. In keeping with how UMA delivers its courses at two campuses and eight UMA Centers from Saco to Houlton, the information sessions will be […]

A Texas flight attendant who was enrolled in the government’s program for “Dreamers” flew to Mexico for work and was stopped by immigration authorities who forced her to spend more than a month in detention, her attorney said. Selene Saavedra Roman, 28, who immigrated illegally to the U.S. as a child, was released Friday from […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump in a wave of attacks that harmed no one but spread fear of political violence across the U.S. for days leading up to last fall’s midterm elections. Cesar Sayoc, 57, shackled at […]

AUGUSTA – The sponsor of a bill that would have required all law enforcement personnel to be equipped with body cameras by 2021 on Thursday said that questions and concerns raised by a number of individuals and agencies shows that the proposal needs a more thorough examination. Sen. Susan Deschambault, D-Biddeford, said a work session […]

PARSONSFIELD – A 41-year-old Parsonsfield man wanted for allegedly attempting to illegally acquire a firearm in New Hampshire through deception has turned himself into authorities. Michael Monroe was featured Wednesday morning as the “Fugitive of the Week,” by the U.S. Marshal’s Service. The feature appears in a number of New Hampshire newspapers and on television […]

WEST BATH — The Bowdoinham teenager accused of killing his grandmother last year had a volatile and violent upbringing, according to the court testimony of two psychologists. Dominic Sylvester, now 18, is charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of Beulah “Marie” Sylvester. He was just shy of 17 years old when the 55-year-old […]