SACO — The body of a Saco man reported missing has been found by the Maine Warden Service. Saco Deputy Police Chief Jack Clements said Thursday afternoon that Dennis Perrault, 71, of Saco, was found deceased by the Maine Warden Service. The Saco Police Department had issued a notice that morning that Perrault was reported […]

KENNEBUNK – A Dover, New Hampshire, man has been charged with impersonating a public servant following an incident at a local playground on Wednesday. Police responded to a call around 2:30 p.m. Reporting a man who claimed to be a police officer looking for a missing 13-year-old boy at the Parks and Recreation Center Playground […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An unprecedented federal and state collaboration to defend election systems against Russian interference ended with no obvious voting system compromises, although it’s not entirely clear why. Federal officials are wondering whether foreign agents are saving their ammunition for the 2020 presidential showdown or planning a late-stage misinformation campaign to claim Tuesday’s election […]

BIDDEFORD — Isabel Pollard Oleson knows a thing or two about eating at the Palace Diner in Biddeford.  She enjoyed her first meal there decades ago and the building itself brings back a flood of great memories for her about her father. Arthur Pollard was Isabel’s dad and he and his workers at the Pollard […]

Janet Mills had nearly finished her victory lap, of sorts, through the breakfast crowd at Becky’s Diner in Portland when a patron thanked the governor-elect Wednesday morning for “giving all of us so much hope and for your courage.” “We are so excited,” the woman said as she embraced Mills. A little more than eight […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For the past few years, the smartphone industry has been searching for a breakthrough to revive a market mired in an innovation lull and a sales slump. A potential catalyst is on the horizon in the form of flexible screens that can be folded in half without breaking. Samsung and several […]

L.L. Bean will award holiday checks to employees this year, an indication that the Freeport retailer is emerging from a tough financial year. The company has seen an increase in sales this fall, a spokeswoman said, prompting executives to revive the holiday bonuses, which were suspended last year. The gifts range from $35 to $165 […]

BLUE HILL — Police say human remains were found by a deer hunter in the woods of Blue Hill, near an area where a woman disappeared months ago. They say the hunter made the discovery Wednesday morning and contacted the Maine Warden Service, which responded along with State Police detectives and members of the state […]

ALFRED – Incumbent Republican Heidi Sampson beat her Democratic challenger Kelcy McNamara and Green Independent challenger Justin Reinhardt for the Maine House District 21 seat in Tuesday’s election. The vote in the district, which includes Alfred, Newfield and part of Limerick, Parsonsfield and Shapleigh, was 2,295 to 1,696 to 367. Sampson has been in office […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump, who inserted in his place a Republican Party loyalist with authority to oversee the remainder of the special counsel’s Russia investigation. The move Wednesday has potentially ominous implications for special […]