In the waning days of the LePage administration, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is requesting a stay of a judge’s order that would compel the administration to implement Medicaid expansion. Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ruled on Nov. 21 that Maine DHHS had to implement Medicaid expansion by Dec. 5, a move that […]

LEBANON  — An experienced skydiving instructor who fell to his death during a tandem jump in York County in September committed suicide by intentionally loosening his harness in midair, state police said Monday. Skydiving instructor Brett Bickford, 41, of Rochester, New Hampshire, fell a mile to his death during a tandem jump on Sept. 27. Police say […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday. Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS, the cable network said in a statement. He was 57. He had announced he […]

TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration has put the safety of thousands of teens at a migrant detention camp at risk by waiving FBI fingerprint checks for their caregivers and short-staffing mental health workers, according to an Associated Press investigation and a new federal watchdog report. None of the 2,100 staffers at a tent […]

  OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from Oct. 22 to Nov. 4. • Jeffrey Roy, 28, of Old Orchard Beach, was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle for more than 150 days at 6:40 a.m. […]

KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunkport Business Association’s Christmas Prelude will once again bring magic to the holiday season. Now in its 37th year, the festival runs from Nov. 29 to Dec. 7, bringing entertainment, shopping specials, craft fairs, holiday craft demonstrations and plenty of local food and flavor. Highlights include a tree lighting ceremony at 5:30 […]

SACO — Whether it be due to the lead-up to the holiday season, hurricanes or other emergencies like the forest fires in California, residents aren’t donating blood like they usually do. That’s according to Mary Brant of the American Red Cross, Northern New England division. Brant said the phenomenon is a national issue for the […]

BIDDEFORD – Over time, as communities go through changes and get passed on to new generations, their history can be forgotten. The Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center is working to make sure that never happens in Biddeford. The nonprofit  Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center was founded last year to preserve and share the stories of […]

Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin requested a recount Monday of results in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race, citing concerns about the transparency of the “computer-engineered” ranked-choice voting results. To overturn the election results, Poliquin will have to erase a more than 3,500-vote lead Democrat Jared Golden holds following the nation’s first use of ranked-choice voting to decide […]

U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said Tuesday his request for a recount in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race is “about making sure that the system works” following a historic ranked-choice election he portrayed as “chaotic” and confusing for voters. Yet clerks in several of the 2nd District’s largest municipalities – including Lewiston, Bangor and Waterville – said there […]