NEW YORK (AP) — An internal investigation of former CBS chief Les Moonves has turned up more evidence of sexual misconduct, as well as lying and destruction of evidence, throwing into jeopardy his $120 million severance package, The New York Times reported Wednesday. A look at what’s known about the scandal so far: THE LATEST […]

As the nation’s 41st president was laid to rest on Wednesday, some looking for a unique way to pay their respects to George H.W. Bush visited his plaque on the Volk Packaging Heroes Wall at 11 Morin St. in Biddeford. A plaque commemorating his military service is contained on the wall and is among 300 […]

SANFORD – Staff of the Sanford Performing Arts Center are offering a “Sneak Peek” at the brand-new 854-seat venue late next week, ahead of the first-ever concert to be performed in the state-of-the-art facility, set for Monday, Dec. 17. The Sanford Performing Arts Center is a feature of the new Sanford High School and Regional […]

The Saco City Hall parking lot is now restricted to employee parking only from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The parking lot will be monitored and violators will be ticketed, say city officials.

SANFORD – As compared to other municipalities of its size, Sanford ‘s unassigned fund balance, the amount of uncommitted cash on hand, is in the middle between communities like Augusta, Auburn, Scarborough and Westbrook. That is the word from Christian A. Smith of the firm Wipfli/Macpage, who reviewed the 2017-2018 audit for the Sanford City […]

BIDDEFORD — Deering Lumber in Maine has been purchased by an Illinois distributor of specialty building materials. The purchase of Deering Lumber’s three locations in Maine gives its purchaser, U.S. LBM Holdings, five locations in the state. Deering Lumber, headquartered in Biddeford, serves custom home builders and remodelers in southern Maine and coastal New Hampshire. […]

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A black student from Maine blamed his “bottled up anger” for racist, threatening graffiti he admitted to scrawling in a bathroom on a Maryland college campus, according to a police report. Baltimore County police on Monday filed hate crime charges against Fynn Arthur, 21, a 2015 Brunswick High School graduate who […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from Nov. 5 to Nov. 18. • John Sousa, 36, of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault. • Emily Clark, 28, of Saco, was issued a summons for violating […]

BELFAST — Tension eased among municipal officials Tuesday night after city councilors and the embattled mayor traded olive branches. The city’s elected officials put their differences aside and reversed contentious votes from a week earlier in front of an overflow crowd at City Hall. Tension between Mayor Samantha Paradis and city councilors had been building […]

The Gulf of Maine is experiencing its third-warmest year on record, triggering the starvation of puffin chicks off the Maine coast, mass strandings of sea turtles in Massachusetts, and heightened concerns about the survival of endangered right whales and the North Atlantic’s largest kelp forest. Surface temperatures in 2018 are running 2.8 degrees Fahrenheit above […]