ALFRED – York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. told county commissioners on Wednesday that there’s a need for an investigator at York County Jail, to investigate crime inside the facility, for administrative tasks and internal affairs. But commissioners declined to authorize filling the position at a captains rank from the York County Jail budget, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Tork, a talented singer-songwriter and instrumentalist whose musical skills were often overshadowed by his role as the goofy, lovable bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died at age 77. Tork’s son Ivan Iannoli told The Associated Press his father died Thursday at the family home in […]

SACO — A new Intensive Outpatient Program for those struggling with addiction and recover from substance use disorder has opened in Saco. Health Affiliates Maine, a mental health and substance abuse agency, facilitates recovery through individual and group therapy and evidence-based treatment from licensed substance abuse counselors.  Its new office can be found in the Saco Falls […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration, which abruptly announced in December that it was pulling out of Syria, said Thursday that it will keep 200 U.S. troops in the country for now. “A small peace keeping group of about 200 will remain in Syria for period of time,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said […]

ALFRED – York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery said both Maine and New Hampshire are willing to extradite Michael Middleton, the man charged in New Hampshire with bigamy and who faces a number of charges in Maine. Middleton, whose last known address was in Old Orchard Beach, is currently incarcerated at the Franklin County Jail […]

SANFORD – Proposed amendments to Sanford’s medical marijuana ordinance are headed back to the city’s Marijuana Task Force for potential tweaking following a first reading by the Sanford City Council on Tuesday. In October, the council instituted a 180-day moratorium on medical marijuana, retroactive to Sept. 21, banning medical marijuana production facilities, registered caregiver retail […]

KENNEBUNK — The first step toward making a lasting change is to raise public awareness of the issue and that’s the idea at the heart of an initiative in the Kennebunks to end the use of plastic straws in restaurants and coffee shops locally. Since last fall, representatives of The Planeteers of Southern Maine, a […]

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Investigators searched for decades for the killer of an 11-year-old girl who disappeared while walking home from summer school in a case that gripped a California seaside community. A photo of a smiling Linda O’Keefe has hung for years on the wall of the police department in Newport Beach, reminding […]

CHICAGO (AP) — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged Wednesday with making a false police report when he said he was attacked in downtown Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said prosecutors charged Smollett with felony disorderly conduct, […]

SEDGWICK — An accident on the Mines Road in Sedgwick Feb. 8 led to arrest for a motorist who bit a trooper and punched a vehicle at the scene, the Maine State Police reported. Cpl. Dan Ryan arrested Richard Bubar, 44, of Deer Isle on charges of violating conditions of release, operating a motor vehicle […]