SACO — At least five women who attended a popular event Saturday at a Saco bar and restaurant believe they were drugged with a substance that caused them to rapidly black out or become violently ill, the bar’s manager said. Police are investigating whether someone intentionally spiked drinks at a winter festival at Run of […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A gas explosion in San Francisco shot a tower of flames into the sky and burned five buildings including one of the city’s popular restaurants before firefighters brought the blaze under control. There were no injuries. Wednesday’s explosion and fire sent panicked residents and workers in the city’s Inner Richmond neighborhood […]

YORK COUNTY — Los Angeles filmmaker Billy Hanson is going back to his Maine roots in the filming of his first feature movie, Bone Cold. Hanson was born in Presque Isle and moved to Old Orchard Beach when he was 12, and graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School in 2002. Hanson has a number of […]

SANFORD – Lafayette School was a New Deal building back when it opened in 1939 in Sanford. Built with partial funding from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Public Works Administration, the school has been a hub in the east side community for 80 years. But in 2020 or 2021, Lafayette School will be closing, along with Willard […]

SANFORD — While opportunities for opioid treatment are expanding to some degree. the Rural York County Opioid Consortium wants to know a lot more about what is needed in the area. To that end, the consortium is hosting a community forum on Feb. 28 at Sanford High School, followed by training on how to recognize […]

Monroe was wearing it on Oct. 6, 1954, when she stepped out into the Beverly Hills sunlight to meet a mob of cameras and shouting reporters and announced the split in her marriage with the New York Yankees star that united sports and Hollywood and brought frenzied press coverage. “You can certainly see the anguish […]

A Portland Man was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of operating under the influence following a three-vehicle crash on Madison Road in Norridgewock that also sent a man to the hospital and destroyed two vehicles, according to a Somerset County Sheriff’s official. Chief Deputy James Ross said in a press release Wednesday afternoon that […]

ALFRED – An Acton man with a history of prior convictions on domestic violence related charges is facing two more and one of them is a Class A felony. A York County grand jury on Tuesday handed up a three-count indictment against Emanuel Sloboda, who also goes by the name Imanuel Slobeda, 31. The indictment […]

ALFRED — The volunteer, one who is willing to sacrifice their time, effort, and energy for a cause, is a cherished figure. In times of hardship, following a natural disaster or a lengthy government shutdown, everyone feels a yearning sense to alleviate the pain. But what happens when a disaster is out of sight? For […]

AUBURN — A Livermore man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to manslaughter and aggravated criminal drunken driving stemming from a May 24 crash in Turner that killed a 54-year-old Jay man. However, Christian J. Parlin, 24, was ordered held without bail pending a bail revocation hearing on Feb. 25. Parlin had been free on his own […]