BOSTON (AP) — Fifty people, including Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the nation’s most elite schools. Federal authorities called it the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the […]

BIDDEFORD — No one was injured at a fire at a manufacturing company in the Biddeford industrial park on Tuesday. Firefighters responded to a call around 10 a.m. at Fiber Materials Inc. at 5 Morin St., according to Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Duross. With help from the safety team at Fiber Materials Inc., firefighters were […]

AUGUSTA — Television media are opposed to two bills that would put Maine in daylight saving time year-round. Daylight Saving Time is the practice of moving clocks ahead one hour in the spring so that daylight lasts later in the day during spring and summer. Clocks are then moved back one hour in the fall. […]

BIDDEFORD — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Biddeford Police from March 5 to March 11: • Joshua A. Andrews, 24, of Biddeford, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. • Jason Hitchcock, 33, of Lewiston, was issued a summons for assault. • Melvin Paschal, 53, of Biddeford, was arrested for an […]

When Matt Hogenauer walks the hallways at Falmouth High School, he wonders whether he is being exposed to preventable infectious diseases – a dangerous health risk for him that wouldn’t be a major concern if Maine didn’t have so many unvaccinated students. “There’s the potential that all of these things would make me very sick,” […]

HEJERE, Ethiopia (AP) — Much of the world, including the entire European Union, grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United States as one of the few remaining operators of the plane involved in two deadly accidents in just five months. The European Aviation […]

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Britain and the European Union emerged from last-minute talks late Monday to announce they had finally removed the biggest roadblock to their Brexit divorce deal, only hours before the U.K. Parliament was due to decide the fate of Prime Minister Theresa May’s hard-won plan to leave the EU. On the eve […]

Under the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage, local school officials cried out that state policy was inflicting pain on cities and towns by forcing schools to rely more heavily on property tax revenues. Now the funding picture is changing under the budget submitted to the Legislature by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who proposes pumping an additional $126 […]

SPRINGVALE — With warmer temperatures this week, there is the promise of spring in the air. And with spring imminent, can gardening season be far behind? Sanford and Springvale village residents who are looking to plant, whether it be vegetables, herbs, flowers or all three — but who might not have enough space at home […]