SHAPLEIGH — Paul Cardinal still gets the shakes when he thinks about what happened on Newfield Road Sunday evening. A fire truck that had hit a soft shoulder was careening back and forth and Cardinal, who was bringing up the rear in a group of four motorcyclists, had to scramble to get out of the […]

Kevin Dineen, coach of the Portland Pirates, and assistant coach Eric Weinrich both had their contracts renewed by the parent Buffalo Sabres today. Dineen, 46, is entering his sixth season as coach of the Pirates. He is the longest tenured head coach in franchise history and is the franchise leader in games coached (400), wins […]

KENNEBUNK — In the future, Kennebunk voters may get a chance to decide if they want their town to adopt a Property Assessed Clean Energy  ordinance. But it won’t be in November. At a public hearing on Tuesday night, selectmen voted to table the issue, missing the deadline for inclusion on the November ballot and […]

Despite a dwindling number of entrants, the Monhegan Island Race has a mystique of its own.

ALFRED — Teamsters Local 340 is facing a challenge from the National Correctional Employees Union to represent about 85 corrections staff at York County Jail. Corrections workers have been without a contract since Dec. 31, 2007. Workers rejected the county’s latest offer in a vote nearly two months ago. The Teamsters have represented jail corrections […]

Kristy Cacace holds her son, Sawyer William, in the delivery room at Southern Maine Medical Center, Tuesday morning. Sawyer was born on Route 111, en route to Southern Maine Medical Center, late Monday night. Kristy’s husband, Jimmie, helped in the delivery of the baby with the aid of a dispatcher who guided him over the […]

BIDDEFORD — When a baby is on the way, it’s almost always a nerve-wrenching experience for the expectant parents. But Jimmie and Kristy Cacace, of Shapleigh, didn’t have much time to be nervous when baby number two was on the way. Sawyer William Cacace, 7 pounds, 9 ounces, was in a hurry to make his […]

Megan Campbell, 8, of Lyman tried her hand at the Southern Maine Garden Tractor Club pull and family fun day Sunday to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Megan’s brother Stephen is a “wish” kid and also took part in the event, held on Boom Road in Saco. More than 300 people turned out for the pull, […]

SACO — The best part of the garden tractor pull, said organizer Ernest Lowell, is the smiling faces. There were many smiles Sunday, when children involved with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine ”“ whether they were  “wish” kids themselves or their siblings ”“ climbed into the driver’s seat of a lawn tractor and pulled a […]

Lineth Chepkurui pours it on late and puts away Wude Ayalew by more than seven seconds as both runners better the 4-year-old record for the event.