SPRINGVALE — A local man who served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War is sporting two medals these days that recognize his service there,  more than 55 years later. Richard LeBrun, of Springvale, served as a senior airman in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 to 1964. Part of that time was […]

SACO — City Administrator Kevin Sutherland of Saco will make good next week on a promise to jump in the ocean. Sutherland announced at a City Council meeting earlier this month that if the city received at least 1,000 responses on an online survey about the city’s zoning, he would take the plunge in January. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Days after appearing as President Donald Trump in a “Deal or No Deal” parody on “Saturday Night Live,” Alec Baldwin took a deal of his own Wednesday, agreeing to attend an anger management class to resolve a criminal case stemming from a skirmish over a parking spot. Baldwin, who was accused […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and Cohen intends to comply with the interview demand next month, his attorney said Thursday. The development comes one day after Cohen postponed his public testimony to a House committee. Lanny Davis, a […]

FARMINGTON — A Kingfield woman and a Rumford man were each indicted Wednesday on manslaughter and drunken-driving charges involving separate crashes that killed men from Dixfield and Strong in 2018. Ethyn Eric Buotte, 19, of Rumford and Danielle M. Larochelle, 31, of Kingfield face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter; up to […]

WARREN — A 34-year-old Thomaston man has been charged with killing a fellow inmate at the state prison farm last year. A Knox County grand jury indicted Zachary Titus on Tuesday on a charge of intentional or knowing or depraved indifference murder. The indictment was sealed until Thursday, when he was served with the arrest […]

PORTLAND — A federal magistrate judge is recommending a lawsuit filed by a Maine State Prison inmate who is alleging the Department of Corrections did not adequately prescribe treatment for gender dysphoria be decided in favor of the corrections department and its medical provider, Correctional Care Solutions. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Nivison said while the […]

AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday appointed longtime Maine Medical Association vice president Gordon Smith as the state’s first-ever director of opioid response. Smith will be Mills’ point person for coordinating across-agency efforts to address Maine’s opioid crisis, which continues to claim an average of more than one life every day. The creation […]

AUGUSTA — More low-income Mainers will have access to dental care if the Legislature passes a proposal by a Democratic lawmaker to add an adult dental benefit to Medicaid. Rep. Drew Gattine of Westbrook, co-chair of the Appropriations Committee, has introduced a bill that would add a “comprehensive” dental benefit for adults who receive MaineCare, […]