KENNEBUNKPORT — The following individuals were issued a summons or arrested by Kennebunkport Police from Oct. 3 to Oct. 26, 2018: • Linda Ruth, 30, of Biddeford, was issued a summons for operating a motor vehicle following license suspension after the was stopped by officers for an unrelated motor vehicle violation on North Street. She […]

BIDDEFORD — In an old brick mill building on the Saco River a distinguished Maine artist lives and paints. Roland Salazar Rose was born in the Bronx in the Great Depression. As an adult, though, he has lived mostly in Maine. He’s lived in Biddeford since 2012. Previously he lived in Kennebunk and Portland. Salazar, as […]

LONDON (AP) — A report says the Spice Girls are about to give fans what they really, really want: a reunion. The Sun newspaper said Saturday that the 1990s girl group is about to announce a new tour, but without original member Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham. The newspaper says the band has recorded a message […]

Kym Cournoyer of Portland flipped through cartons of old vinyl LPs Saturday at the WMPG Record Sale at the University of Southern Maine’s Sullivan gym. She had already extracted some Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder and jazz albums and was riffling among the thousands of other vinyl records on sale. Vinyl has made a comeback in […]

Embers falling on their heads, Venesa Rhodes and her husband had seconds to rush their two beloved cats into their SUV before a wildfire last summer would overtake them all. One cat got in. But the other, named Bella, bolted and disappeared as the blaze bore down. The couple had no choice but to flee, […]

SPRINGVALE – Picture a place for community gardens; picture a nature discovery trail, where people can slow down and look around them and enjoy. Picture a native plant and garden arboretum, and a greenhouse,  a nursery and more. The entire project is likely to take three to five years to complete, but the Mousam Way […]

BIDDEFORD — Southern Maine Health Care officials that they will will use a $200,000 planning grant to bring together community organizations to develop a plan to identify opportunities and gaps in opioid use disorder prevention in rural York County. The purpose of the grant is to support treatment for and prevention of substance use disorder, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s time to usher out daylight saving time across most of the United States and welcome back standard time. The shift means it’s lighter earlier in the morning, and darkness on the edge of town comes sooner in the evening. At 2 a.m. local time Sunday, daylight saving time is ending, and […]

BIDDEFORD — The election on Tuesday will feature a race in Maine House District 11 between incumbent Democratic State Rep. Ryan Fecteau and his Republican challenger Emily Rousseau. Fecteau has been in office since 2014 when he beat Debi Davis by nearly 33 percentage points. The Biddeford native was re-elected in 2016 by more than […]

Regulators deciding whether Central Maine Power will get a key permit needed to build a 145-mile transmission corridor have extended their process into March. The Maine Public Utilities Commission ruled Friday that it expects to extend the time for research, testimony and hearings into January, with a date of March 1 now set to wrap […]