A subsidiary of rideshare giant Uber wants to roll out shared electric bicycles on Portland streets this spring. Jump, headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and San Francisco, was the only company that responded to the city’s request for proposals to deploy a dockless bike-share system for a one-year pilot program. The firm wants to put hundreds of […]

OWLS HEAD — A South Thomaston woman was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with murder in the death of 83-year-old Helen Carver, whose body was found covered with blood Thursday in her Owls Head home. Sarah Richards, 37, was arrested by the Maine State Police, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of […]

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly, the R&B star who has been trailed for decades by allegations that he violated underage girls and women and held some as virtual slaves, was charged Friday with aggravated sexual abuse involving four victims, including at least three between the ages of 13 and 17. In a brief appearance before […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach police department is investigating reports of counterfeit $100 bills being passed at several local businesses. The incidents have been reported from Feb. 20 through Feb. 22, according to police. A white female was described as possibly being involved in passing one of the counterfeit bills on Feb. […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town has been awarded a grant that will help cover what Old Orchard Beach officials say are much needed sewer improvements in the Washington Avenue area. The town was recently awarded a $1 million Community Development Grant of federal funds administered through the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.  The […]

LIMINGTON — A man who saw a suspicious vehicle near his Limington home Thursday night went outside his house to investigate and was shot by someone wearing a mask. “Shots were fired and struck the victim several times,” said York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. in a statement. King said the victim sustained non-life-threatening […]

Following a record-breaking year in which it grew three times faster than the national average, Portland International Jetport is making some changes intended to move increasing numbers of passengers through its terminal. Jetport officials said Friday that its passenger count jumped nearly 15 percent in 2018, to more than 2.1 million, an all-time record. That […]

DETROIT (AP) — As their company was swirling around the financial drain in the early 2000s, General Motors executives came up with an idea to counter its gas-guzzling image and point the way to transportation of the future: an electric car with a gas-engine backup that could travel anywhere. At Detroit’s auto show in 2007, […]

LEWISTON — Former Auburn lawyer and recent candidate for district attorney Seth Carey has pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge of practicing law without a license. The Maine Attorney General’s Office brought the misdemeanor charge against Carey, 44, of Rumford. He was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in 8th District Court. His lawyer, James Howaniec […]