BIDDEFORD — Rebecca Hatt, an eighth-grader at Biddeford Middle School, is passionate about dance, theater and helping people. It is the latter passion that was recently recognized when she was named one of the state’s top youth volunteers. Rebecca, 13, and Isabel Brennan, 18, or Yarmouth, were named Maine’s top two youth volunteers of 2019 […]

YORK COUNTY — A New Hampshire man suspected of stalking an Old Orchard Breach woman led police on a chase through two counties Wednesday, from that seaside community to Standish before crashing his pickup truck into a utility pole. Edward Lepore, 39, of Tamworth, New Hampshire, was arrested and charged with reckless conduct with a […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammys host Alicia Keys previewed the show Thursday by rolling out the red carpet and dancing while Trombone Shorty played funk music with bandmates. Keys was all smiles as she joined Grammys CEO Neil Portnow, show producer Ken Ehrlich and others for a toast at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, […]

SACO — Three police departments in southern Maine are investigating reports by women who believe they were drugged while they were socializing at bars this past weekend. Those women are among at least nine to have come forward since Jan. 18 to report to bar staff or police that they felt like they ingested some substance that […]

University of Maine running back Ramon Jefferson has been arrested and charged with domestic violence assault and criminal mischief. Jefferson, a second-year player for the Black Bears, was arrested Wednesday night at his home by Old Town police. Jefferson posted bail that night, according to Sgt. Wade Betters, public information officer for the Bangor Police […]

Portland has firmly closed the door on hosting ferry service to Canada. The city last month rejected a last-minute request from Bay Ferries to allow it to operate a ferry between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, this year. Bay Ferries announced in 2018 that it would relocate operations to Bar Harbor after serving Portland for […]

ROCKLAND — Maine’s highest court is considering the appeal of a truck driver from Tennessee who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a 2016 crash that killed two people. A jury previously found Randall Weddle, 56, guilty of manslaughter and aggravated drunken driving, among other charges. Police say he was drunk when his […]

A Baileyville man was rescued by game wardens using an airboat after his ATV broke through thin ice Tuesday in Washington County. An ice fisherman saw the ATV break through the ice into open water around 3 p.m. Tuesday on Grand Falls Flowage, across from the Squirrel Point boat landing. The driver of the Can-Am […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signaling its likely elevation as a central campaign issue in 2020 despite President Donald Trump’s failure to mention climate change in his State of the Union address. At least […]

SACO — The city of Saco is under a time crunch as it looks to make a decision regarding whether it should lend its support to a proposal to mitigate beach erosion. The Saco River jetty was built in the late 1800s by the Army Corps of Engineers to create a smoother shipping channel in […]