ALFRED — Steve Grindrod will tell you that he has learned a lot at Layman Way Recovery Center, and so will Amber Quantrell and Dave Barrett. All three say they are grateful for the opportunity they’ve had to recover from their use of alcohol. They’ve been at the residential recovery center for about six months […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Local legislators are asking the Maine Department of Transportation to review two traffic intersections in Old Orchard Beach. District 31 State Senator Justin Chenette, D, serving Hollis, Limington, Old Orchard Beach, Saco and part of Buxton has proposed LD 487, a resolve to direct MDOT to study the corner of Smithwheel […]

BRUNSWICK — With more than 2,100 ballots cast, the members of York County Federal Credit Union have agreed to merge with Atlantic Federal Credit Union. The vote showed 86 percent of York County members saying yes to the merger. Atlantic currently serves the communities of Brunswick, Topsham, Freeport, and Cumberland, but when the merger becomes official, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York Times report says seven women have claimed singer-songwriter Ryan Adams offered to help them with their music careers but then turned things sexual, and he sometimes became emotional and verbally abusive. In the story published Wednesday, a 20-year-old female musician said Adams, 44, had inappropriate conversations with her while she […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency resigned Wednesday after a two-year tenure in which he managed the response to historic wildfires and major hurricanes but was dogged by questions over his use of government vehicles. Brock Long said in a letter to FEMA employees that he was resigning to spend […]

A bill in the Legislature to direct $80 million to affordable housing projects has the potential to double the number of units built over the next four years, supporters of the measure say. The proposed law would provide state income tax breaks to trigger investment in new low-income housing projects, a crucial incentive to ease […]

The Saco City Council has asked the city administrator to present a budget proposal with an increase that reflects the increase seniors will receive in Social Security benefits. FILE PHOTO SACO — After receiving input from the City Council, the city administrator will present a budget proposal that reflects no more than 6.9 percent increase […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky red soil, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the planet. The six-wheeled vehicle that helped gather critical evidence that ancient Mars might have been […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump isn’t showing his hand yet. But with little Washington appetite for another shutdown, he’s expected to grudgingly accept an agreement that would keep the government open but provide just a fraction of the money he’s been demanding for his Mexican border wall. Addressing the deal at the White House Wednesday, […]

SKOWHEGAN — It’s official, Skowhegan has a world record to call its own. The town of Skowhegan and Main Street Skowhegan received confirmation Wednesday from Guinness World Records that they had set the new world record for the most people moose calling simultaneously. The record was established on June 9, 2018, at the Skowhegan Moose […]