BIDDEFORD — Perhaps author Edna Ferber put it best when she said that Christmas isn’t really a season, it’s a feeling. And who better to epitomize the spirit of Christmas than jolly ol’ Santa Claus himself. The annual visitor from the North is once again gearing up for his overnight ride and deliveries of gifts […]

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — A hefty hog has been captured near a school bus stop in Florida. Florida Today reports the nearly 400-pound (181-kilogram) hog was captured over the weekend by a team of dogs and trappers in Palm Bay. Melbourne wildlife trapper James Dean received a call reporting “a very large boar hog” that was […]

BIDDEFORD — With Christmas Day and New Year’s Day both falling on a Tuesday this year, the cities of Biddeford and Saco have altered trash collection schedules for the next two weeks. In Biddeford, trash normally collected on Tuesday, Dec. 25 will be picked up on Wednesday, Dec. 26. Those who have trash picked up […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A New Hampshire husband and wife accused of using Chinese nationals in a sex-trafficking operation in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are going to be detained until at least next week. Detention hearings were delayed Tuesday for 37-year-old Sou Chao Li and his wife, 37-year-old Derong Maio, of Concord, New Hampshire. The […]

Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin is asking a federal appeals court to block Maine officials from certifying Democrat Jared Golden as the winner of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race. In a brief filed Tuesday, Poliquin’s legal team asked the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals to grant an “emergency injunction” preventing certification as the court considers the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fight over President Donald Trump’s $5 billion wall funds has deepened, threatening a partial government shutdown in a standoff that has become increasingly common in Washington. It wasn’t always like this, with Congress and the White House at a crisis over government funding. The House and Senate used to pass annual […]

Trista Reynolds’ voice shook as she made a plea to the father of her missing toddler outside the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland. “I wonder if this is haunting you, Justin,” Reynolds said. “I wonder if our daughter haunts your dreams or if you see her blue eyes when you close your eyes at night.” […]

SPRINGVALE – Mary Waterhouse, her daughter Mariette and two granddaughters, Leah and Olivia Roberge came to Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery lay a wreath on their loved one’s headstone on Saturday, as did scores of others. Mary’s  husband James, who served in the U.S. Army, passed away in 2014. “This year, we decided we wanted to […]

The Wiscasset man involved in an eight-hour standoff with police over the weekend has been charged with aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and domestic violence terrorizing. Matthew Plummer, 35, was being held at The Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset on $10,000 cash bail Monday night. The confrontation with Plummer turned violent […]