U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate, will make two appearances in Portland on Labor Day Weekend, including a breakfast keynote speech to union workers on Labor Day. Sanders, a Vermont independent who is among the pantheon of Democratic hopefuls, lost a bid for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton. Sanders, however, […]

Maine and New Hampshire are expected to jointly pay $5 million to Pittsfield contractor Cianbro Corp. to settle its claim that inadequate design work created cost overruns and delayed the opening of a major bridge between the two states for months. The payment caps a contract dispute about construction of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge […]

NORTH WATERBORO – A 17-year-old Waterboro youth was taken by helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland Tuesday night after his vehicle crashed on New Dam Road in Waterboro and caught fire. York County Sheriff William L, King Jr., said Dylan Tardif of North Waterboro is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. Late Wednesday afternoon, […]

WATERBORO – On Tuesday, selectmen amended Waterboro”s driveway entrance ordinance because they felt it was costing taxpayers too much money. In 2015, the Waterboro Board of Selectmen approved an ordinance that outlined the method for installing new driveways, detailing the permit process, construction standards and more. Under the terms of that ordinance, the owner of […]

SACO — The Saco School Department is appealing the city’s order to move Pre-Kindergarten operations out of a building at 5 Willey Road, and in the meantime has a one-year alternate solution for the program. The School Department signed a 10-year lease that began on July 1 for a former day care building on 5 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is warning that bitter political divisions threaten American society, saying he views “tribalism” as a greater risk to the nation’s future than foreign adversaries. The retired Marine general, who resigned in December 2018 in a policy dispute with President Donald Trump, said he worries about the state […]

LEBANON – A suspect charged with aggravated assault who allegedly told police they wouldn’t be able to find him was arrested without incident Wednesday when they located him in a car in Lebanon. Sumner Knowles, 24, was wanted for allegedly strangling another man on Monday. When troopers from Maine State Police’s Alfred barracks arrived at […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State attorneys general and lawyers representing local governments said Tuesday they are in active settlement talks with Purdue Pharma, the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin that is facing billions of dollars in potential liability for its role in the nation’s opioid crisis. Purdue has been cast by attorneys and addiction […]

BIDDEFORD —  Timothy “Tyson” Ortiz, who was acquitted of murder and manslaughter last year in connection with the 2016 death of a Biddeford man is scheduled to be sentenced at U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday. He pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm earlier this year. Ortiz, who was 25 when he […]

A messy corporate split is giving the public a rare peek inside the state’s secretive cannabis industry as the Wellness Connection of Maine, the state’s biggest medical dispensary, tries to fire the company behind its fast-growing edibles operation. Wellness claims CanWell LLC of Rhode Island is to blame for $14 million in losses caused by […]