SANFORD — Standing in a line, the archers drew back their bows and released the arrows that sought their paper target. Upwards of 80 archers from southern Maine and New Hampshire took part in the USA Archery state championships over the weekend at Black Sheep Archery in Sanford, demonstrating their skill in an activity that […]

SPRINGVALE — One hundred years ago at 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, the Allies and their German counterparts fired off their last salvos. At 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, the gunfire suddenly stopped said Maine Army National Guard historian, Capt. Jonathan Bratten. Then there was silence. “It seemed like we were going from […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Mishaps, protests and litigation dominated Florida’s first day of recounting the vote for pivotal races for governor and Senate, bringing back memories of the 2000 presidential fiasco. Much of the drama on Sunday centered on Broward and Palm Beach counties, home to large concentrations of Democratic voters. In Broward County, […]

SHAPLEIGH — It is likely that most in the Shapleigh area know that Elias Thomas is a good neighbor, but now the wider community does too. Thomas has been named a Good Neighbor by the National Association of Realtors and he’s one of five throughout the country so named. As the owner of Exit Key […]

Valuable species of shellfish have become harder to find on the East Coast because of degraded habitat caused by a warming environment, according to a pair of scientists who sought to find out whether environmental factors or overfishing was the source of the decline. The scientists reached the conclusion in studying the decline in the […]

Like other teenage boys in 1944, Conrad Lebourdais was eager to help his country in World War II. He was not so eager to serve in the infantry, however, and rather than wait to be drafted and spend the war marching from one battle to another, Lebourdais arranged to join the Navy that year when […]

YORK COUNTY  — There will be no regular mail delivery or retail services available on Monday, Nov. 12, as postal employees across the state celebrate Veteran’s Day but our carriers will be delivering Priority Express and other guaranteed next day services. Full delivery and retail services will resume on Tuesday, Nov. 13 As one of the nation’s […]

PARIS (AP) — World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve the peace gathered by the dozens Sunday to mark the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago, turning Paris into the epicenter of global commemorations that drove home a powerful message: never again. Over 60 heads of […]

SACO — The baseball cap is navy blue, with the words “Korea Veteran” stitched on the front. If Dick Clark wasn’t wearing it so often, you would probably never know that he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He doesn’t talk about it much, never has, not even to the four children […]