BUXTON — The vice chairwoman of the Buxton Board of Selectman has been charged with assaulting the town’s solid waste manager. Jean Harmon, 56, was issued a summons for assault by Saco police on Nov. 8. Harmon allegedly assaulted Solid Waste Manager Gregory Heffernan in the town of Buxton on Oct. 3, according to documents […]

SANFORD — Police are looking for a Grinch who burglarized the Salvation Army office in Sanford over Christmas and made off with cash donations intended to help those in need. Capt. Erin C. Smullen of the Salvation Army said that a burglar pried open a metal door in the rear of the building at 871 […]

AUGUSTA — A Windsor man pleaded guilty Thursday to domestic violence stalking, criminal mischief, criminal trespass and theft for allegedly entering a Winthrop woman’s home and sending her text messages claiming he had naked photographs of her that he could put on the internet. Jesse L. Gray, 43, was indicted last week on those charges, and […]

An Oregon man became the first person to traverse Antarctica alone without any assistance on Wednesday, trekking across the polar continent in an epic 54-day journey that was previously deemed impossible. Colin O’Brady, of Portland, finished the bone-chilling, 930-mile (1,500-kilometer) journey as friends, family and fans tracked the endurance athlete’s progress in real time online. […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities throughout California were hunting the man suspected of killing a policeman during a traffic stop in a small Central Valley town. Police agencies in and out of California were alerted to watch for the heavyset, chain-wearing suspect in Wednesday’s slaying of 33-year-old Cpl. Ronil Singh, Stanislaus County sheriff’s Sgt. Tom […]

AUGUSTA — Gov.-elect Janet Mills has nominated a Brunswick school administrator with a long track record in education to run the state Department of Education. Mills said Wednesday that Pender Makin, assistant superintendent of the Brunswick School Department, a recent Maine principal of the year and a former teacher, is well-suited to be commissioner of […]

PHIPPSBURG — It’s hard to imagine what would draw about 200 people to a cold Phippsburg beach in the dead of winter. Yet there they were Monday, huddled in a wide semicircle around what appeared to be a dog cage. They were there to witness the release of Premie, a young harbor seal rescued and […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — With fireworks in the early evening on New Year’s Eve and the annual Lobster Dip on New Year’s Day, you don’t have to stay up to midnight to ring in the New Year. On Monday, local community group OOB365 is once again hosting its annual New Year’s Eve beach party, the […]

ALFRED — The Alfred Shaker Museum is closed for the season, but community members can still enjoy programming from the museum by viewing online videos on the museum’s website. The Alfred Shaker Museum, 118 Shaker Hill Road, is open May until November. The museum has a collection of Shaker items and hosts educational events. The […]