AUBURN — Tulio DeAlmeida sold his car for the capital to help cinch the franchise agreement for Aroma Joe’s on Center Street, opening the new coffeehouse two years ago, eventually leaving his job at Texas Instruments to dive full time into lattes and FROJOEs. He has 12 mostly part-time employees and joins in the morning […]

HOPE — Police are searching for two men who broke into a Crabtree Road home and fired off a gun during a home invasion. The incident was reported about 4 a.m. Saturday. Two men allegedly entered the residence and started looking for something by turning over furniture, according to Knox County Sheriff Tim Carroll. The […]

More than a year after discovering major problems with its new billing system, Central Maine Power is still generating inaccurate bills for many customers and in many cases not sending bills at all. To this day, CMP is flagging more than 700 flawed bills a day that need to be examined manually to fix inaccuracies […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Enquirer committed neither extortion nor blackmail by threatening to publish intimate photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, an attorney for the head of the tabloid’s parent company said Sunday. Elkan Abromowitz, an attorney for American Media Inc. chief executive David Pecker, said on Sunday a “reliable source” well-known to Bezos […]

WEST NEWFIELD — A fire that displaced two residents on Sunday is believed to be accidental and caused by a candle in a bedroom of  a single-family home on Maplewood Road in West Newfield. The displacement will likely be only temporary. Newfield Fire Chief Jason Neville said the fire was confined to the bedroom and […]

BIDDEFORD — On a typical day, clients of the Thatcher Brook Center might be taking a Yoga class, getting a therapeutic massage, swimming or doing other exercise at the YMCA, performing community service or going snow shoeing. The center, located on Route 1 in Biddeford, works with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and aims […]

BIDDEFORD  — Congregation Etz Chaim in Biddeford will be hosting Israeli Dance classes starting later this month. Barbara Merson, executive director of the Maine Jewish Film Festival and avid Israeli and international folk dancer, will teach the classes. Classes will be held 2:30 to 4 p.m. on the following Sundays, Feb. 24, March 3, March 31, […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Pentagon’s top official made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday to meet with U.S. commanders and Afghan leaders amid a push for peace with the Taliban. Pat Shanahan, the recently installed acting secretary of defense, said he has no orders to reduce the U.S. troop presence, although officials say […]

KENNEBUNK — The next meeting of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England will be at 7:30 pm on Friday, March 1 at The New School, 38 York St. in Kennebunk. All programs of ASNNE are free and open to the general public. Prior to the meeting, beginners are welcome to attend “Astronomy 101” by the society’s own Starlady Joan, […]

BIDDEFORD — Sold-out audiences enjoyed music and comedy on Friday and Saturday evening as students and staff from St. James School in Biddeford staged a production of  ‘Seussical The Musical Jr.’ at St. James Hall. Principal actors included, from left, Eighth-grader Simon Blake (Cat in the Hat),  Eighth-grader Rose Blake (Jojo), Eighth-grader Emma Paquet (Gertrude […]