COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Old Orchard Beach man facing bigamy charges was arrested by the Franklin County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Office on Friday following a phone call providing  a location where the suspect was “from someone familiar with the situation.” Michael Middleton, 43, whose last known address was Old Orchard Beach, is being held in the Franklin […]

SANFORD – The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police Feb. 5 to 10: • Ryan Lovejoy, 31, Lebanon, was arrested on a warrant on Main Street. • Benjamin Legan, 27, Lebanon, was arrested and charged with violating conditions of release, refusing to submit to arrest, violating a protection from abuse order and […]

Sanford City Council said a fond farewell to Sherry Lord, who has been the  executive assistant to the city manager for many years, at their meeting on Feb. 5. After 18 years working for the city, Lord ‘s last day was Feb. 8. She has accepted a position as senior executive assistant to the president […]

BIDDEFORD — Less than a year ago, Julia Russell and Carmen Harris were visiting a downtown Biddeford restaurant and began talking with bartender Brian Catapang and his co-worker, Brittany Saliwanchik. They discussed the importance of creating and being part of a community and discovered they were philosophically aligned. That conversation was the starting point when […]

People should ignore anti-vaccination fliers – alleged to have come from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – that have shown up in big box stores in southern Maine, state public health officials said Monday. “Misleading fliers such as these are concerning – especially when that information pertains to something as important to […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Resistance is the theme when “The Handmaid’s Tale” returns this summer with 13 episodes for its third season, but the Hulu drama is avoiding a collision with the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” The dystopian drama will debut three new episodes on Wednesday, June 5, streaming service Hulu said. […]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump charged ahead with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers’ tentative deal that would give him far less than he’s been demanding and declaring he’s “setting the stage” to deliver on his signature campaign promise. In the first […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the White House refused to rule out the possibility that the federal government may shut down again, negotiators clashed over whether to limit the number of migrants authorities can detain, creating a new hurdle for a border security compromise Congress can accept. With a Friday deadline approaching, the two sides remained […]

More than three years have passed since Noah Gaston shot and killed his wife in their Windham home. Now a jury will finally decide whether Alicia Gaston’s death was a crime. The 34-year-old mother died from a single shot from a shotgun in the stairwell on the morning of Jan. 14, 2016. Her husband, now […]