LIMINGTON — A Limington driver involved in a police chase starting in Standish and ending in Gorham on Friday night was arrested and faces multiple charges after crashing into numerous cars while trying to evade law enforcement. Gorham officers attempted to stop a truck driven by Misty Romero, 41, of Limington after she drove through […]

    KENNEBUNK — Community members gathered at Gooch’s Beach Sunday and remembered the loss of one of the area’s most famous summer occupants. They came together to honor the country’s 41st president, George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30 at the age of 94. Bush, a Republican, spent summers at the family compound on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump evaluated new candidates to serve as his next chief of staff Sunday after plans for an orderly succession for departing John Kelly fell through. The new hire was to be key to a West Wing reshuffling to shift focus toward the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge of governing […]

A group of Ogunquit residents has submitted around 900 signatures seeking to recall three selectmen from office in the ongoing fallout from the firing of the town’s fire chief earlier this year. The residents in the Take Back Ogunquit group behind the recall campaign are trying to remove from office Chairman Charles Waite III and board members […]

WELLS — The Wells Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. • Renee Barthelman, 56, of South Portland, was arrested for motor vehicle speeding 30 miles or more over the speed limit and driving to endanger. • John McGee, 36, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, […]

HOUSTON (AP) — An ATM in the Houston area has been shut down and was temporarily guarded by law officers after mistakenly dispensing $100 bills instead of $10s and word of the glitch got out on social media. Some Harris County sheriff’s deputies protected the outdoor ATM after Sunday night’s incident and notified Bank of […]

Rick Smith had never met David Pontious before he agreed to welcome the man aboard his sailboat, Cimarron, in October 2015. Smith, a Camden resident, was piloting the 43-foot vessel from Maine to the warm waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands for winter. Pontious didn’t join until North Carolina, when he replaced another crew member […]

A fire that was reported in a Windham home late Sunday afternoon was quickly brought under control, according to an emergency dispatcher. The fire at 23 Freeman Court was reported at 4:43 p.m., but less than a half hour later, crews reported the fire was under control and most crews had returned to their stations. […]