SANFORD — If you’re an employer looking for workers — whether the openings are seasonal or year around — the low unemployment rate has meant it isn’t always easy finding a qualified pool of applicants. The annual York County Regional Job Fair, in its ninth year, aims to help both prospective employers looking for workers, […]

SANFORD — Mayor Thomas Cote, sworn in Tuesday for what he said is his third and final term as mayor, said despite challenges, Sanford residents “are living in a city with an amazing future.” Ayn Hanselmann and Lucas Lanigan, elected and re-elected in November, respectively, took their oaths of office. Later, Lanigan was voted deputy […]

SANFORD – The following people were charged or issued a summons by Sanford Police from Jan. 4 to Jan. 9. • Eugene Stewart Tarbox, 39, Sanford, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault and obstructing the report of a crime after a report of a disturbance on Malcolm Avenue. • Keegan Whelan, 22, Lebanon, […]

WASHINGTON — Challenging President Donald Trump to make good on his pledge to cut prescription drug prices, congressional liberals proposed legislation Thursday to bring U.S. prices in line with the much lower costs in other countries. The Democratic bills stand little chance of becoming law in a divided government. But the effort could put Republicans […]

SACO — A public auction scheduled for Friday for the Saco Island East project has been postponed until March, and could likely be canceled, according to the attorney handling the sale. Saco Island, once a booming mill district, is located in the Saco River situated between downtown Saco and Biddeford. The island is now home […]

BRUNSWICK — Firefighters from Brunswick and Topsham battled an early-morning fire on Swett Street in Brunswick that Fire Chief Kenneth Brillant said left the three-story multi-family home “gutted.” Neighbors in the area say they were woken up around 4:30 a.m. and told to evacuate. Crews fought the fire at 13 Swett St. for several hours, […]

SANFORD –Projects adding up to $34 million, including a new inpatient short-term behavioral health unit and construction of a new eldercare facility complete with a memory care unit at the Sanford Medical Center of Southern Maine Health Care, are scheduled to debut in 2020. “This is a commitment to this whole campus,” said SMHC President […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking the shutdown battle to the U.S.-Mexico border, seeking to bolster his case for the border wall after negotiations with Democrats blew up over his funding demands. Trump stalked out of his meeting with congressional leaders — “I said bye-bye,” he tweeted soon after — as efforts to […]

BANGOR – A man who was charged along with two others in a fatal home invasion in Maine has pleaded guilty. The Bangor Daily News reports 44-year-old Tony Locklear entered his plea Tuesday to intentional or knowing murder, aggravated assault and robbery. His sentencing hasn’t been scheduled. Prosecutors say Locklear, his 22-year-old daughter, Alexis Locklear, […]

Four people were injured Wednesday evening when their car went off the road, crossed an oncoming lane of traffic and struck a tree in Standish. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said the crash took place around 6:45 p.m. on Bonny Eagle Road. Police said the car went onto the shoulder of the road forcing the […]