WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has picked budget director Mick Mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff, ending a chaotic search in which several top contenders took themselves out of the running for the job. “Mick has done an outstanding job while in the Administration,” Trump tweeted Friday. “I look forward to working […]

BIDDEFORD – A local businessman is infusing new energy into a vacant building. Jim Godbout, the owner of Godbout Plumbing and Heating, is moving his business to 486 Elm St. in Biddeford. Godbout is a familiar face to many, and is known for his service to the community including spearheading an effort to renovate Waterhouse […]

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump offered a simple defense Thursday to accusations he broke campaign finance law by directing attorney Michael Cohen to orchestrate hush-money payments to conceal Trump’s alleged affairs: He was following terrible advice from a bad lawyer. “I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer […]

The lawyer for missing toddler Ayla Reynolds’ mother says he plans to hold a news conference Monday in Portland to talk about what he plans to do next in the case. William Childs, of the law firm Childs Rundlett Fifield & Altshuler, in Portland, said he and Ayla’s mother, Trista Reynolds, will make brief statements and then […]

SACO  — Federal authorities have arrested a Saco man who they say tried to sell an undercover agent a homemade bomb. The Bangor Daily News reports that Michael Rickett, 23, was charged with possession of an unregistered explosive device and remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service Wednesday. Court records show the man tried […]

WEST BATH — A former Bath Bus Services driver who Bath police say posted inappropriate photos of students online was indicted Tuesday by a Sagadahoc County grand jury on two counts. 51-year-old Timothy McGowan was charged in May with violation of privacy, a Class D crime, for allegedly taking “upskirt” photos of Regional School Unit […]

SANFORD – Patti Thibeault and Lisa DeHaven each took a gift and wrapped it in bright, Christmas-themed paper. Then, they wrapped another, and another. It was Wednesday afternoon in the training room at Sanford Police Department and the wrapping was almost done. What began several years ago as an effort by Sanford Police to assist […]

ALFRED – If a judge grants Kandee Collind’s motion to withdraw her guilty plea to murdering her ex -husband and if she is subsequently convicted at trial, she could face decades in prison and prosecutors could ask for a life sentence. Collind, 48, formerly known as Kandee Weyland, of Acton, pleaded guilty in August to […]

SPRINGVALE – Wreaths Across America Remembrance Day will be marked at Southern Maine Veteran’s Cemetery on Saturday when volunteers lay Christmas wreaths on the headstones of veterans buried there. The event, open to the public, is hosted by Rolling Thunder, with participation by the Maine Bureau of Veterans Services. A ceremony begins at noon, followed […]