SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland City Council is on track to approve the first ban in Maine on the sale of flavored tobacco liquids used in electronic cigarettes, prompted by the recent opening of a vape shop across the street from Mahoney Middle School. City officials had been discussing a possible zoning change that […]

BIDDEFORD — On March 5, the Biddeford City Council approved increasing residential density in certain instances in the city’s urban core. The following night, the Planning Board recommended increasing the area of the urban core zone — the council will consider this item at their next meeting. The intent of the council vote to allow […]

NEW YORK (AP) — “Captain Marvel,” Marvel Studios’ first female-fronted superhero movie, launched with $153 million domestically and $455 million globally, according to studio estimates Sunday, making it one of the biggest blockbusters ever led by a woman. Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, a character who first debuted in Marvel Comics in 1968, had never before […]

A police cruiser crashed on Interstate 295 northbound in Freeport on Sunday night, but the cause of the crash and circumstances were not available. A dispatcher for the Cumberland County Communications Center confirmed the accident involved a cruiser from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, but the dispatcher was unable to provide additional details. The accident […]

SKOWHEGAN — Making good on their promise to fight a recent school board decision to drop the “Indians” nickname from school sports teams, about 50 people showed up Sunday morning to gather signatures calling for the vote to be revisited. Sporting the black and orange “Indian Pride” garb, the group huddled around cars and pickup […]

PORTLAND — Molly Hennrikus, a nursing student at the University of New England, was recently awarded the 2018 Robert Masterson Nurse Scholarship Award. The Masterson Scholarship is awarded each year to a senior nursing student who completes a critical care internship at Northern Light Mercy Hospital and plans to pursue a career in critical care. […]

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A company run by a donor to President Donald Trump claimed it could provide Chinese clients with a chance to mingle and take photos with the president, along with access to his private club in Palm Beach, Florida. It remains unclear how much Li Yang charged for the services and […]

MARBLEHEAD, Ohio (AP) — A sheet of ice holding fishermen on Lake Erie broke loose in windy weather Saturday morning, sending many of them scrambling to safety but leaving nearly four dozen stranded on the floe for three hours more than a mile offshore until emergency crews could rescue them. About 100 of 146 fishermen […]

YORK COUNTY — Missing that extra hour of sleep this morning? Daylight Saving Time, the practice of setting the clock ahead for one hour during the warmer part of the year so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less, officially began again at 2 a.m. Sunday. Maine, along with most regions of the United […]