At least 214 people are killed and 500,000 homes are damaged as the seventh-strongest earthquake ever recorded rocks the nation.

A special education teacher at Longfellow Elementary never stops, often juggling several tasks at one time.

Chile, where earthquakes are common, was ready. Haiti, last shaken 250 years ago, was not.

Emily Attwood of Cape Elizabeth was unbeaten for the second straight year, collecting two more state titles.

Smoke rises from a home on Country Club Road in Sanford on Thursday after fire crews there battled a blaze that took the life of 54-year-old Maria Truman. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SANFORD — A 54-year-old woman died in a house fire in Sanford on Thursday. The body of Maria Truman was found in the bathroom of the one-story, ranch home on Country Club Road. The body of her dog was found at her side, according to the State Fire Marshal’s office. Truman was home alone in […]

KENNEBUNK — It took just shy of 60 people to decide the potential fate of Kennebunk’s Lower Village. That was the estimated attendance at Wednesday night’s special Town Meeting, and those who braved the downpour to arrive at Town Hall voted in favor of establishing a tax increment finance district for an area that one […]

Voter Mary Folsom arrives at Kennebunk Town Hall for a special Town Meeting on Wednesday night. Voters there approved the implementation of a Tax Increment Finance District for the town’s Lower Village area. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Several local hospitals no longer provide birth announcements for publication. We will publish birth announcements from parents. Forms and instructions are available at http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/readerservices/submitbirthannounce.html For more information, please call 791-6300. Mercy Hospital May Lauren Austin, born Nov. 15  to Christopher and Lauren Austin, Falmouth. Grandparents, James and Randa Lohmeyer, Portland; John and Judith Austin, Portland. […]

A coalition of Westbrook churches are working to let people know about social services that are available.