LEBANON — Young people who will live at The Ryan Home Project in North Berwick will have a comfortable, outside space in which to sit and chat, study or just read a book in the sunshine, thanks to an Eagle Scout project recently completed by Hunter Lord. Lord, 14, planned the project, and then along […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s “unhappy” with a hard-won agreement to prevent a new government shutdown and finance construction of more barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, but he didn’t say whether or not he would sign the measure. GOP congressional leaders swung behind the proposed deal, selling it as a necessary compromise. […]

The head of the state lobster marketing board is stepping down. Matt Jacobson, a former Republican candidate for governor, was hired as the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative’s first executive director in 2014. During his tenure, the board focused its time and $2.2 million-a-year marketing budget rebranding Maine’s signature soft-shell lobster as a seasonal, sustainable “new shell” lobster delicacy […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Wire fox terriers are still King at Westminster. A wire fox from Brazil who’s won big in Europe became America’s top dog Tuesday night, beating out a crowd-pleasing longhaired dachshund and popular Sussex spaniel. There were some boos — along with modest cheers — at Madison Square Garden when judge Peter […]

NEW YORK — Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman listened to a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle the talks. Republicans were desperate to avoid another bruising shutdown. They tentatively agreed Monday night to far less money for […]

SACO — For years, Thornton Academy graduating seniors have marched in the commencement ceremony in maroon and gold, with maroon reserved for young men and gold reserved for young women. That tradition may change this year, and some students are hoping they have a say in the matter. Thornton Academy is a private school in […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Janet Mills laid out her $8 billion budget before the Legislature on Monday night, arguing for a proposal that expands Medicaid, spends more on the opioid crisis and returns more money to municipalities by telling lawmakers Maine “cannot afford to stand still.” In the first budget address of her tenure as governor, […]

A 69-year-old woman was struck and killed Monday as she walked along Whites Bridge Road in Standish when a vehicle left the road and careened into her, police said. Nicholas Breed, 20, of Topsham, was driving a 2015 Toyota Corolla when the car struck and killed Eileen Garroway of Standish, according to the Cumberland County […]

Noah Gaston stared down at the wooden table as he listened to the recorded 911 call from 6:17 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2016. His own hurried voice rang out from the speaker in the quiet courtroom. “I just shot my wife in the stomach,” he said on the recording. “I thought she was an intruder.” […]