PORTLAND — A Gilead woman who pleaded guilty in August to torching vehicles at a Lebanon towing company was sentenced to five years in federal prison during a recent hearing. Jaymi Hutchins, 31, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to maliciously damaging and destroying property used in interstate commerce by fire. The blaze destroyed three […]

YORK COUNTY — Snow removal will be on the minds of York County residents in the early morning on Wednesday, but as the day wears on, bundle up as the temperature will drop significantly. According to the National Weather Service in Gray, a Winter Storm Warning will be in effect for much of York County […]

SACO — For years, it haunted him. Every time Ron Kendall went to his favorite bar in Wethersfield, Connecticut, there it was – a sign stolen from Saco, Maine. Not just any sign. A sign for Memorial Field in Saco, dedicated on Nov. 11, 1953 — Veterans Day on the year the Korean War ended […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A deadly arctic deep freeze enveloped the Midwest, forcing widespread closure of schools, offices and prompting the U.S. Postal Service to take the rare step of suspending mail delivery to a wide swath of the region because of the cold. Many normal activities shut down and residents huddled inside as the […]

Following the five-week closure of much of the federal government, U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has introduced a bipartisan measure that calls for withholding the pay of members of Congress, the president and vice president during a government shutdown. The Solidarity in Salary Act of 2019 “will help prevent the American people from being political pawns […]

Lawmakers will hear testimony Tuesday on one of the Mills administration’s top legislative priorities – protecting Mainers from a full or partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act by passing a bill to require insurers to continue offering several of the most consumer-friendly parts of the health care law. The ACA protection bill sponsored by […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has been accused in a new lawsuit Tuesday of breaking a man’s ribs and leaving him with a concussion when she smashed into him from behind while skiing at a Utah ski resort in 2016. Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson, 72, said during a news conference in Salt […]

University of Maine System trustees approved a sweeping new master plan for the University of Southern Maine on Monday that envisions a revitalized Portland campus. The plan, first announced in 2016, would feature new dorms, a new student center and a new campus quad in Portland, as well as a new central green space that […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is proposing legislation aimed at preventing billions of dollars in tax refunds each year from going to identity thieves instead of the taxpayers expecting the refunds. Collins introduced her bill, the Taxpayer Identity Protection Act, in the Senate on Monday, the first day taxpayers could file […]