WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall in a somber televised address that was heavy with dark immigration rhetoric but offered little in the way of concessions or new ideas to break the standoff that has left large swaths of the government shuttered for 18 days. Speaking […]

  SACO — An ordinary citizen was acknowledged Monday night for an extraordinary act. Saco resident Dan Varle was driving down Flag Pond Road on the morning of Dec. 11, when he noticed smoke and fire coming from a mobile home. “He immediately pulled his vehicle into the driveway of the home and called 911, […]

SACO — A vacant property on Main Street in Saco, known as Saco Island East, is going up for auction on Friday. Saco Island East is a nearly six-acre parcel on Saco Island, an island in the Saco River that was once home to a booming mill district. Main Street passes through the island, connecting […]

BIDDEFORD — Anyone wanting to learn how to administer naloxone in the event of an opiate drug overdose can get training, and free Narcan, on Friday when the organization known as the Church of Safe Injection makes a stop at the Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center in Biddeford. Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly […]

BERLIN (AP) — Officials have returned a painting looted by the Nazis to the heirs of a Jewish French politician and resistance figure who was executed during World War II. “Portrait of a Seated Young Woman” by Thomas Couture, which belonged to Georges Mandel, was discovered in late collector Cornelius Gurlitt’s art trove while German […]

WASHINGTON — William Barr once advised that a president didn’t need Congress’ permission to attack Iraq, that his administration could arrest a foreign dictator and that the FBI could capture suspects abroad without that country’s consent. It’s an expansive view of presidential power and an unsettling one for Democrats as the Senate holds a confirmation […]

AUGUSTA — A mural depicting the history of the labor movement in Maine and the U.S. will remain on display at the Maine State Museum and will not be returned to its original location at the state’s Department of Labor offices, a spokesman for Gov. Janet Mills said Tuesday. The mural gained national attention when […]

BIDDEFORD — Snow-covered roads and a crash on the Maine Turnpike caused delays during the morning commute Tuesday, while freezing rain moved in to complicate travel in the afternoon. The crash was reported around 7:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes near mile 29 between the Biddeford and Kennebunk exits, according to the Maine Turnpike Authority. […]

SANFORD — Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport Manager M. Allison Rogers said she is optimistic that the vacant city-owned restaurant space now up for lease will draw submissions for proposals. Just days after she posted the request for proposals online on Jan. 2, Rogers said there has been significant interest. “Several have come to see the […]