The Maine Department of Transportation had to deploy a work crew in the middle of a snowstorm Tuesday to repair a growing hole in the Interstate 295 bridge over Forest Avenue in Portland. The job took about five hours to complete. Traffic, already heavy because of the snow and the upcoming holiday, was slowed considerably […]

BIDDEFORD  — Administrators at Biddeford High School have announced outstanding academic performers achieving Honor Roll status for Term 1 for the 2018-2019 school year. Grade 12 High Honors Basam Abdulhay, Jehan Abdulsalam, Gracie Binette, Grace Boisvert, Carter Burnell, Andrea Carpenter, Makena Curry, Jeremy Daigneault, Caitlin Douglass, Trevor Dube, Carter Edgerton, Lucas Girard, Damien Haynes, Alyssa Landry, […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge barred the Trump administration on Monday from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar issued a temporary restraining order after hearing arguments in San Francisco. The request was made by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional […]

Pertussis cases in Maine ballooned in October, and with 64 cases reported statewide it was the worst month so far this year for the infectious disease, which produces a violent cough. The October figures bring the total number of pertussis cases to 332 for the first 10 months of 2018, according to the Maine Center […]

A 57-year-old woman who was hunting in North Yarmouth suffered a broken leg when she fell from a tree trying to reach a hunting stand, the North Yarmouth fire chief said. Rescue workers received a call for help about 11:30 a.m. Monday morning, and reached the woman about 15 minutes later, said Fire Chief Gregory […]

ALFRED — Jury selection is scheduled to begin today for the trial of a former Catholic priest from Massachusetts facing 31 charges of gross sexual misconduct. Ronald Paquin, 76, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was indicted last year on 15 counts of gross sexual misconduct, a Class A felony, and 16 counts of gross sexual misconduct, a […]

The captain of a charter vessel that sails out of Camden during the summer is restricted to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, as he awaits trial on a charge of causing the death of a crew member three years ago. A federal grand jury in the Virgin Islands indicted Captain Richard Smith on July 12 for […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rolling Stones will be rolling through the United States next year. The band says it’s adding a 13-show leg to its No Filter tour in spring 2019 that will hit Florida, Texas, Arizona, California, Washington, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois and Washington, D.C. The tour kicks off in Miami […]

PORTLAND — Bald eagles are in the midst of record population growth in northern New England, where America’s national bird could soon find itself removed from all state endangered lists. The eagle was once completely gone from Vermont and New Hampshire and down to just 21 pairs in Maine. But wildlife officials and conservationists in […]

BIDDEFORD — When State Rep. Ryan Fecteau, now his party’s assistant majority leader, was first elected to the Maine Legislature in 2014, one priority he had was making a statewide investment in career and technical education. Re-elected to Maine House District 11 two weeks ago, Fecteau said that issue remains on his priority list. He […]