Aroma Joe’s recently donated $25,000 to sponsor the Red and White Foundation’s concession stand at Sanford’s new Alumni Stadium. Shown in the front row are: Haley Cabana, owner, and Haley Searles, manager, at the Aroma Joe’s Jagger Mills Road location; Mike Perkins of the Red and White Foundation; Brian Sillon, of Aroma Joe’s; and […]

BIDDEFORD — A locally filmed movie comes to the big screen this weekend at City Theater. “Holly Star” is a romantic comedy that was filmed in December 2016 in Kennebunk, Saco and Biddeford. It was written and directed by Michael Nickles. The movie is about a young woman who barely makes a living as a […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and leaders in Congress appeared to be pulling back Tuesday from a government shutdown over his $5 billion request for border wall funds, with the first signs of movement toward a possible end to the standoff. The White House set the tone early when Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicated […]

University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page is retiring at the end of the academic year, almost seven years after taking over a university system that was struggling financially and facing upheaval from staff and students over budget cuts. “It’s a good time,” Page said, noting that the system has stabilized during his tenure […]

PORTLAND — A Saco man who federal authorities say tried to sell a bomb to an undercover agent has been ordered to remain in prison, and is now in solitary confinement, pending trial. Michael Rickett, 23, was arrested and charged with possession of an unregistered explosive device on Dec.12. Possession of an unregistered destructive device […]

BIDDEFORD — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Biddeford Police from Dec. 1 to Dec. 12, 2018: • Andrea L. Hawkes, 40, of Biddeford, was issued a summons for operating a motor vehicle while license is suspended or revoked. • Mary J. Pendergast, 56, of Biddeford, was issued a summons for […]

FARMINGTON — A Livermore Falls woman was sentenced Tuesday to nine months and a day in jail for assaulting a Jay police officer last year. Melissa J. Couture, 35, admitted in October to dragging Officer Dylan Rider about 50 feet on Dec. 8, 2017, during a traffic stop on Riley Road. She pleaded guilty to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Penny Marshall was typically self-effacing whenever her brother, the late filmmaker Garry Marshall, proudly boasted that his sister was the first female director to direct a $100 million box-office hit. “They didn’t give ME the money,” Marshall joked in 2012 to The New Yorker. Marshall, the “Laverne & Shirley” star who […]

BIDDEFORD — Earlier this month, the city of Biddeford learned it was awarded a $15,000 grant that will be used to create a broadband plan and identify the high-speed internet needs in the city’s low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. “We don’t even know where high-speed internet is” in the city,  Economic Development Coordinator Brad Favreau said. […]

BIDDEFORD — Representatives from schools across Maine attended a celebration Dec. 11 hosted at Berlin City in Portland and at that event both Biddeford High School and Dayton Consolidated School were awarded $1,500 and $2,000 respectively from Berlin City’s Drive for Education grant. The Drive for Education is a forward-looking program created by the employees of Berlin City Auto […]