Tens of thousands of Mainers could lose food stamp benefits under a proposed rule by the Trump administration that limits automatic enrollment into the program, according to estimates released Thursday. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services projects 27 percent of Maine food stamp recipients, or 44,068, would be in danger of losing benefits […]

Officials in Massachusetts’ second-largest city have signaled their intention to begin wooing the Maine Red Claws away from Portland. But the basketball team’s former co-owner and general manager, now Portland’s city manager, said Worcester’s chances of succeeding are about as good as those of swishing a half-court shot. The Worcester City Council on Tuesday ordered […]

A Westbrook man was seriously injured Thursday morning when he was hit by a car, police say. Clifford Verrill, 67, was hit by a car at the intersection of East Bridge and Austin streets around 7:35 a.m., according to Westbrook police. He was rushed to a hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries, said Capt. Steven Goldberg. […]

LYMAN — A local couple with family connections to The Bahamas are collecting items at Goodwins Mills Fire Station for hurricane survivors. The Red Cross reports about 45 percent of the homes on Grand Bahama and Abaco were believed to be destroyed or badly damaged during hurricane Dorian. For firefighter Tyler Richardson and his wife […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after being fired by NBC due to the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, Billy Bush is hoping to use his experience in television’s wilderness to his advantage in his new job. Bush begins Monday as host of the revamped pop culture news show, “Extra.” He was a rising star just […]

BIDDEFORD – The Hills Beach Association’s effort to create a community center at the defunct Hills Beach Volunteer Fire & Rescue Station in Biddeford has been thwarted. On Tuesday, Sept. 3, the Biddeford City Council voted to deny the request to turn the property over to the organization at no charge. The council first discussed […]

SACO — A SWAT Team has begun taping off the area at the intersection of Lincoln Street and Spring Street in Saco on Friday afternoon while police are engaged in a standoff with a fugitive at a nearby multi-unit building. According to Saco Police Chief Jack Clements, officers blocked off Lincoln Street to traffic near […]

SACO — Saco Pre-Kindergarten students at the First Parish Church location will be staring school today, a day late, as classes were delayed to accommodate necessary approval from the State Fire Marshal’s office. On July 1, the School Department signed a 10-year lease for a former day care building on 5 Willey Road to house […]

ALFRED — A Biddeford woman will serve nine months at York County Jail in connection with her role in the kidnapping, beating and robbing of a woman in May. Kimberly Vigue-Brown, 31, was sentenced Thursday at York County Superior Court by Judge Richard Mulhern to nine years in prison with all but nine months suspended, […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggled Thursday to keep his Brexit plans on track, and he accused lawmakers of thwarting democracy by blocking his call for a new election. Johnson remained determined to secure an election after lawmakers rejected his attempt to trigger a snap poll and moved to stop him taking the U.K. out […]