AUGUSTA — Rep. Janice Cooper thinks it’s time to freshen up Maine’s state flag, and to do so she is leaning on the one of the banner’s first incarnations. Cooper, a Yarmouth Democrat, is sponsoring a bill that would see the state lower its current flag, which features the state seal on a field of […]

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Attorneys for Kevin Spacey are heading back to court in the case accusing the disgraced actor of groping an 18-year-old man at a Massachusetts bar in 2016. A pretrial hearing is set for Monday in the Nantucket District Court. The judge has said that Spacey is not required to attend, but […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — Nomination papers are now available for elected positions with the town of Kennebunkport. Town Clerk Tracey O’Roak said that nomination papers can be filed for two available seats on the Kennebunkport Board of Selectmen and one available seat on the Kennebunkport             RSU 21 Board of Directors. Nomination papers must be […]

A judge has postponed sentencing for a former Catholic priest convicted of abusing a young boy on trips to Maine in the 1980s. Ronald Paquin, 76, was found guilty in November on 11 of 24 counts of gross sexual misconduct. A York County jury acquitted him of similar charges related to a second boy. Paquin […]

A Maine State Police trooper contradicted a colleague Friday and said he saw the other law enforcement officer strike the suspect in the slaying of a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy after he had been handcuffed. The testimony Friday by Trooper Tyler Maloon contradicts what was said Thursday by Special Agent Glen Lang, who admitted that he punched […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots, 5- and 8-year-old sisters survived 44 hours in rugged Northern California wilderness before they were found dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said. A fire chief and firefighter from a local volunteer department found Leia […]

People across Maine – including firefighters, police and Gov. Janet Mills – praised the courage and sacrifice of Berwick Fire Capt. Joel Barnes on Saturday as the investigation into the apartment fire he died battling continued. Barnes, who is credited with saving a fellow department member’s life, is likely the first firefighter in Maine to […]

ALFRED — A suspect from New Hampshire is behind bars after being arrested in connection to a recent theft in Alfred. According to Maine State Police, Trooper Benjamin Handzel took a report of a theft from a business in Alfred on Jan. 29 in which $1,700 in cash and a men’s diamond ring valued between $5,000 […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Transportation has released its three-year work plan for local transportation projects from 2019 through 2021. The estimated value of work in the plan totals more than $2.44 billion and encompasses 2,193 projects across the state. The work plan includes more than $1.4 billion in highway, bridge and multi-modal capital […]

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — In a slashing speech packed with braggadocio and grievance, President Donald Trump denounced Democrats as the party of “the socialist nightmare,” relitigated his crowd sizes back to the inauguration and took on “sick,” ″lunatic” and “dirty” foes at every turn, earning him the unvarnished adoration of cheering conservatives. After a […]