LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles teachers will walk picket lines for a fifth day Friday after the union and school district officials returned to the bargaining table with hopes of ending the massive strike in the nation’s second-largest school district. Contract negotiations resumed Thursday for the first time in nearly a week with no […]

Most of Maine is expected to be blanketed by 12-18 inches of fresh snow – maybe up to 2 feet in some areas – by the end of the day Sunday. The powerful winter storm, which will hit the southern tip of Maine late Saturday night and continue uninterrupted throughout the day Sunday, is likely […]

One person was killed in a snowmobile crash on a trail in Roxbury on Thursday night, the Maine Warden Service said. Fire and rescue crews, along with the Warden Service, were called out to a trail in the area of 1255 Roxbury Notch Road for a snowmobiler who was seriously injured at about 8:30 p.m. […]

A former teacher at a private Christian school who is facing criminal charges for an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student is expected to plead guilty later this month. Derek Michael Boyce, 37, was arrested in September after the girl’s mother caught him at her Lisbon home with her daughter and called police, according to […]

SANFORD — Just over a year ago, some community members got together to figure out how they could help the city of Sanford’s schools. They knew that despite a $92 million contribution from the state school construction fund and $11 million in local funds, not all the needs at the new Sanford High School and […]

BIDDEFORD — Main Street, the heart of downtown Biddeford, is the new location of the massage practice Hark House. The practice, formerly located in Portland, specializes in high quality therapeutic massage. Located at 180 Main St., the practice is focused on massage, which includes educating clients about their bodies and presenting strategies for self care […]

SACO — Hot ashes not properly disposed of led to a house fire in Saco that has displaced four residents living in a multi-unit residence on Wednesday. According to Saco Deputy Fire Chief David Pendleton, neighbors across from 18 Therrien Ave. heard popping noises and saw smoke coming from the house about 4:03 p.m. Wednesday […]

KENNEBUNK — Members of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland’s Office of the Tribunal will offer a talk for people interested in learning more about the marriage annulment process of the Catholic Church. The session will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 at St. Martha Church, 30 Portland Road in Kennebunk, and everyone […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — An informational meeting on the town’s new senior property tax refund program will be held at Old Orchard Beach Town Hall at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22. In June, the Old Orchard Beach Town Council approved $35,000 in the fiscal year 2019 budget to fund a senior property tax relief program. […]

WASHINGTON — It seems likely that thousands more migrant children were split from their families than the Trump administration has acknowledged, in part because officials were stepping up family separations long before the border policy that prompted international outrage last spring, a government watchdog said Thursday. It’s unclear just how many family separations occurred at […]