SPRINGVALE – An idea hatched 30 years ago was the beginning, and, over time, the community trail system that began with a Kiwanis project has expanded in a big way. Sanford Kiwanians came together last week at Mousam Way Park, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Mousam Way Trail. There was […]

BIDDEFORD — Motorists on Elm Street in Biddeford should expect to experience delays during the week of Sept. 30, city officials said. A construction project on Elm Street between the Sleepy Hollow Motel and the Audie Insurance Agency will reduce traffic to one lane. Biddeford officials say that the project is being completed as part […]

Some Maine voters are saying they were duped into signing a petition that could lead to a statewide vote in March aimed at repealing a new law that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines. In emails to the Portland Press Herald and in posts on social media sites, voters are saying they were […]

SPRINGVALE – At Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery, a location many say is the most serene of places, people paused Saturday to remember friends, neighbors loved ones – and people they didn’t  know – who served in war and were imprisoned by the enemy or went missing in action. It was a solemn occasion on a […]

The Maine Huts and Trails system of four lodges connected by 80 miles of trail in western Maine will not open this winter if it cannot raise $500,000 in the next four to six weeks to pay staff and prepare the huts and trails for the season, the nonprofit’s leaders said last week. The 11-year-old […]

BIDDEFORD — The University of New England’s Biddeford Campus Ketchum Library Art Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition, titled The Dolphin Brain, which will be on display through Sept. 26. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The artworks in the exhibition are products of collaborations by a research team and artists to create beautiful […]

DALLAS (AP) — Last September, a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own apartment. That much is settled. But nearly every other aspect Amber Guyger’s murder trial for the killing of Botham Jean remains cloaked in controversy as opening statements in the case are set to start Monday. For […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lagging in polling and fundraising, Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker said Saturday he may end his run unless donations from supporters increase quickly. “I don’t believe people should stay in this just to stay in it. You either have a trajectory to win or not, and right now if we […]

A potential deal to reopen the Saddleback Mountain Ski Resort with help from Boston investors has broken down. The Berry family, which owns the Rangeley ski operation, and Arctaris Impact Fund, a Boston firm seeking to buy it, traded accusations in separate statements this past week, each blaming the other for stalling the negotiations. Maine’s […]

CORNISH — If, for some reason, John Barton can’t recall which Rolling Stones guitarist played the sitar on “Paint it Black” (it was Brian Jones) or needs to fact check the FBI’s investigation into the song “Louie, Louie,” it’s only a quarter-mile from his home on the banks of the meandering Ossippee River to the […]