Uncertainty over who won Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race will continue until Thursday, at least. Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap announced Wednesday afternoon that staff in his office would finish scanning and processing voter ballots in the 2nd District race on Thursday morning and then run the ranked-choice tabulations to determine the winner. Meanwhile, […]

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — The Latest on the presentation of the Country Music Association Awards being presented Wednesday at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee : Keith Urban has been named entertainer of the year at the 2018 Country Music Association Awards. His wife, actress Nicole Kidman, was in tears as her husband walked onstage […]

A Kittery man was struck by a car and killed in Mississippi on Tuesday while on a cross-country ride to raise money for childhood cancer research. James Dobson, 32, was on a “Positive Vibes Tour” from New England to San Diego, California, to raise $10,000 for cancer research at Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center […]

SANFORD — Looking for a career close to home? The City of Sanford is looking to talk to you. Faced with a record number of job openings — about 15 —  the city is looking to fill full-time positions from codes officers to public safety dispatchers, public works employees, police officers and more, along with […]

SACO – City councilors are favorable to the idea of ConvenientMD bringing an urgent care clinic to Saco, however, some expressed have concerns regarding the proposed height of the building and the suggested size of the sign that would be installed in front of it. Mammoth Acquisitions LLC is seeking city approval for a proposal […]

  PORTLAND – The legacy of a young Saco boy who made headlines around the world in the months before his untimely death last year will live on in a bench at a beloved Portland playground. It’s been nearly a year since 9-year-old Jacob Thompson died on Nov. 19, 2017 of neuroblastoma cancer, a rare […]

Maine State Police were called on Wednesday to assist with the capture of a large brown pig running loose along Interstate 95 in Palmyra. Cpl. Rick Moody and Trooper Jeremy Caron located the pig and with help from the town animal control officer got the beast off the highway. “On Nov. 14, Maine State Police […]

Four fishermen from a Portland-based boat were rescued Wednesday morning after their vessel sank in rough seas off Matinicus Island, according to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard received a distress call at 7:42 a.m. Nov. 14 from the Aaron & Melissa II from Portland. Two helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod flew […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy easily won an internal party election to take over the shrunken House GOP caucus, handing the seven-term Californian a familiar role of building the party back to a majority as well as protecting President Donald Trump’s agenda. With Speaker Paul Ryan retiring and the House majority gone, the […]