SOUTH PARIS — On June 23 last year, Kaiser, a 5-year-old German shepherd-malamute mix, slipped his collar at a kennel in Massachusetts and wandered north. Last month, a homeowner in East Bethel spotted the dog. Her freezer had just died, and she kept meat on her front porch and noticed Kaiser stealing from the stash. […]

A Portland man already on probation for robbery was arrested Monday night in connection with a robbery at Duck Pond Variety in Westbrook and a nearby car theft, Westbrook police said. Michael J. Gray, 30, was being held without bail at the Cumberland County Jail, police said. Westbrook police were called to the store at […]

ALFRED — A former York County commercial fisherman was placed in custody and taken to York County Jail on Friday after a judge found he had failed to live up to the terms of a plea agreement worked out a year ago on his failure to pay income taxes for several years. Randy Waycotte, formerly […]

CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Glance around the “Jeopardy!” set during rehearsals for its first-ever team championship and it’s easy to be intimidated by the assembled brain power. There’s Brad Rutter, whose overall “Jeopardy!” haul, $4.3 million, is the most won on any game show. And Ken Jennings, a 74-game winner and top moneymaker, with […]

Glen Libby looks back fondly on his days as a Maine shrimp trawler, but he’s concerned about what seafood lovers will think if the shuttered fishery ever reopens. “Shrimp? What are those?” he said. “There will be a market. But it depends how big of a market you’re talking about.” Maine’s historic shrimp industry has […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and 15 other states filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released a statement Monday saying the suit alleges the Trump administration’s action violates the Constitution. “President Trump treats the rule of law with […]

CARIBOU – A North Waterboro woman was injured on Sunday when the snowmobile she was operating struck the rear of another on the ITS 90 trail in Caribou. Maine Warden Service Lt. Dan Menard said Cindy McGriff, 53, of North Waterboro was treated and released from Cary Medical Center. McGriff ran her sled into the […]

SACO – Children happily spooned ice cream into their mouths and listening intently to story time at Saco Scoop on Saturday. What started out as a periodic activity has morphed into a weekly winter event that gets children into the ice cream shop at 209 Main St., which is run by local community group Saco […]

SACO — A Thornton Academy student’s research of the SS El Faro has caught the eye of a television producer. SS El Faro was a “roll on-roll off” cargo ship designed to carry vehicles, crewed by United States Merchant Mariners. The 40-year-old ship was headed to Puerto Rico from Florida in 2015 when the vessel […]

ALFRED — A Waterboro woman was arrested for operating under the influence while at the York County Jail property to bail out her boyfriend about 10 p.m. Friday. York County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Collins saw a car drive into a non-public area of the jail complex at around 10 p.m. on Friday, according to a press […]