Maine experienced a dramatic drop-off in reported Lyme disease cases in 2018, and the dry weather this past summer may have played a role. The state recorded 1,310 Lyme cases through Dec. 27, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, down from 1,852 in 2017. That represents a 29 percent decrease, although […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday invited congressional leaders to a White House briefing on border security as the partial government shutdown dragged on over funding for a border wall, with Trump tweeting, “Let’s make a deal?” The briefing will happen at 3 p.m. EST Wednesday, the day before the Democrats take control […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Rain drops fell along with confetti as revelers rang in 2019 in New York’s Times Square, capping a soggy New Year’s Eve celebration that included singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha’s stirring rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” just before midnight. Crews used squeegees to try to remove water from the stages, but New Kids […]

A fire Sunday night destroyed a downtown Westbrook building that housed a dentist’s office and an apartment, Fire Chief Andy Turcotte said. The fire at 13 Pleasant Street was reported shortly after 8 p.m., Turcotte said, and wasn’t brought fully under control until about 11 p.m. There were no injuries. Turcotte said Monday that the […]

BELMONT — A Lewiston man was arrested after he stabbed his teenage son during a fight on the side of a road in Belmont, according to the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 7 p.m. Friday, Allen Sanborn, 59, was spotted by Maine State Police Trooper Don Webber having an altercation with another person on […]

BIDDEFORD — We welcome all of our readers to a new year and hope that 2019 is filled with everything you want it to be. As a reminder, there is no print edition of the newspaper today as our staff is enjoying the holiday with their families. The Journal Tribune office at 6 Digital Drive […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town of Old Orchard Beach is looking for a new deputy fire chief. Rich Kindelan came on board as the town’s deputy fire chief in November 2017, after the town of Old Orchard Beach added the new position of deputy fire chief. Kindelan has left to take on the position […]

Maine’s first flu death of the season has been reported. According to a weekly surveillance report released late last week by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one person died from influenza during the week ending Dec. 22. The person was not named but was over the age of 65 and lived in […]

BOSTON (AP) — Former “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey must appear in a Massachusetts court on accusations that he groped a young man in 2016, a judge ruled on Monday. The 59-year-old Oscar-winning actor had argued he should be excused from attending his Jan. 7 arraignment at the Nantucket District Court because his presence […]

BIDDEFORD — Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has awarded $441,244 in grants, loans, and interest-rate subsidies to support an affordable housing initiative in Biddeford. The grant provides an acquisition loan for Bangor Savings Bank to subsidize rehabilitation of Friendship Hill House’s Phase II project, a three-story apartment building consisting of seven two-bedroom units and two […]