ALFRED — A bill that would provide a mechanism for York County to borrow money, and pay it back, to construct a building for the York County District Attorney’s Office adjacent to the new Biddeford Judicial Center got a green light from the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. Both Democrats and Republicans on the committee voted “ought […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Janet Mills said Thursday that her administration will work toward obtaining 100 percent of Maine’s electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050 and that Maine has joined a multi-state coalition committed to the Paris Climate Agreement. In a speech to the Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine, Mills said she will […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX closes in on human spaceflight with this weekend’s debut of a new capsule designed for astronauts. The six-day test flight will be real in every regard, beginning with a Florida liftoff Saturday and a docking the next day with the International Space Station. But the Dragon capsule won’t carry […]

LIMINGTON — York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. says that investigators with his department are working to narrow down a list of suspects in connection with the shooting of a homeowner in his backyard a week ago. The victim, whose name was not released, was shot twice in an arm and once in one […]

KENNEBUNK — Habitat for Humanity of York County has received a grant of $10,000 from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation for their countywide weatherization program, Keep York County Warm! The Sam L. Cohen Foundation is a private, philanthropic foundation supporting non-profit organizations in southern Maine. Keep York County Warm! works to increase the energy efficiency […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — It’s said that to fully understand a baby, one must first be a mother and that’s not an easy task. Knowing that fact, help is on the way for families with new babies in Kennebunkport. Starting this year, all families with new babies born in Kennebunkport will receive a free safe-sleep bassinet and other […]

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The nuclear summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday after the two sides failed to reach a deal due to a standoff over U.S. sanctions on the reclusive nation, a dispiriting end to high-stakes meetings meant to disarm a global threat. Trump, in a news […]

SACO – For most of the world, it was an ordinary Wednesday, but for Saco Middle School students, it was anything but.The school re-opened after closing on Tuesday for a day. It was the first day of classes after the loss of sixth grade English Language Arts teacher Robin Stinson who brought joy, laughter and […]

BIDDEFORD — Situated in an isolated part of Clifford Park behind an old greenhouse on Pool Street in Biddeford, an old family cemetery that has been subjected to repeated vandalism through the years is about to be restored and could reveal some long lost secrets about the city’s earliest settlers. Earlier this week, workers from Top […]

AUGUSTA — State lawmakers are considering nearly a dozen bills to update Maine’s bottle deposit and redemption system, as redemption centers struggle with the impact of a 2016 voter-approved minimum wage increase. Among other changes, many of the bills either increase the handling fee paid to redemption centers or increase the bottle and can deposits […]