YORK COUNTY — Ready or not, the first winter storm of the season is going to make for some challenging conditions from one end of York County to the other on Friday. The National Weather Service in Gray has issued a Winter Storm Warning for all of York County as a coastal low moves rapidly […]

BANGOR – Police in Maine say they are seeking a 29-year-old transient in connection with a death of a Bangor man earlier this week. Detectives say they are attempting to locate Donald Galleck, who is believed to be in the area of Bangor or Old Town. The Bangor Daily News reports Galleck is being sought […]

AUGUSTA – Democrat Jared Golden was declared the winner of Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race on Thursday following a historic tabulation of ballots using ranked-choice voting. Golden, a Marine Corps veteran and state lawmaker from Lewiston, began the day roughly 2,000 votes behind two-term incumbent Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin. But Golden surged past Poliquin by […]

WEST NEWBURY, Mass. — A Wells driver who struck a utility pole in West Newbury, Massachusetts on Sunday was high on drugs at the time, and the crash is similar to one he was involved in three years ago in New Hampshire, police say. Mark J. Boisvert of Wells, 37, was arrested and charged by […]

AUGUSTA — A central Maine-based organization that runs a retreat for wounded veterans is receiving half-a-million dollars from the winner of a recent Powerball jackpot. The $500,000 donation is a big deal for the nonprofit central Maine-based Travis Mills Foundation, which in 2016 reported $1.55 million in annual revenue, according to tax-exempt filed at the […]

SANFORD — When Sanford’s Christmas tree is installed in Central Park, residents know the season of holiday cheer is fast approaching. And while it won’t be lit for a couple of weeks, the blue spruce, donated by Sanford residents Don and Sharon Libby, lends a festive air to the city’s downtown. Sharon Libby and her […]

SANFORD – The following people were arrested or issued a summons by Sanford Police in connection with incidents from Nov. 1 to Nov. 13: • Christopher M. Wattles, 27, Sanford was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault at 1:58 a.m. Nov. 1 on Spruce Court. • John Leroy Gray, 38, Shapleigh, was arrested and […]

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — There’s a sweet legend about this town: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber mill crew with wagon and ox took a break under a grove of tall evergreens. The air was cool, the pine needles fragrant. “Boys,” said the team boss, “this is paradise.” Thus, more than […]

SPRINGVALE — A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday said the search for Joshua Patrick Weldon, whom authorities consider armed and dangerous, is continuing and that they’re following up on tips from the public. Weldon, 26, remained at large on Friday afternoon, but that status could change at any time as law […]

MAGALIA, Calif. (AP) — As the scope of a deadly Northern California wildfire set in, the sheriff said more than 450 people had now been assigned to comb through the charred remains in search for more bodies. The blaze has killed at least 56 people and authorities say 130 are unaccounted for. Many of the […]