WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could reach 15,000 — roughly double the number the Pentagon said it currently plans for a mission whose dimensions are shifting daily. The Pentagon said “more than 7,000” troops were being sent to the Southwest border […]

BIDDEFORD — Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center will team up with veterans associations to launch a new book group for veterans to start Thursday, Nov. 1. Rev. Shirley Bowen, Executive Director of Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center, is working with the Maine Humanities Council which is funding the program and several area veterans associations to […]

A former bus driver for School Administrative District 15 pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegedly hitting an autistic student. Raymond Files, 58, is charged with misdemeanor assault. He has not worked for the school district since Aug. 16, two days after the alleged incident. SAD 15 includes Gray and New Gloucester. “Right now, I’m not guilty,” Files […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Three candidates are running for two available two-year seats on the Regional School Unit 23 board in Old Orchard Beach including current school board member David Boudreau, former School Board member Michelle Violette and local educator Robert “Bob” LePauloue. Boudreau, 51, is a sales executive and is currently serving as the […]

ALFRED — York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery said she plans to ask for a four-year prison sentence for a Biddeford man who pleaded guilty to felony domestic violence assault on Wednesday. Madinson Ortega, 37, entered his plea to the Class C felony before Judge Jeffrey Moskowitz. He had been scheduled for a bench trial […]

SANFORD – The following people have been arrested or issued a summons by Sanford Police officers from Oct. 15 to Oct. 30: • Angeline Rabideau, 25, Sanford, was arrested and charged with domestic violence assault at 1:14 p.m. Oct. 14. on Willow Drive. • Kristin M. Fraser, 28, Sanford was issued a summons charging shoplifting […]

Former WGME reporter and anchor Doug Rafferty died in Hawaii, according to the Portland television station. Rafferty, a longtime anchor at the CBS affiliate, died eight hours after arriving in Hawaii to visit his daughter, his wife, Bev, told WGME on Tuesday. He was 66. Rafftery joined WGME in the early 1990s and spent 21 […]

SACO – School board members in odd-numbered wards are up for re-election this term. In Ward 1, incumbent school board member Garrett Abrahamson is running unopposed. In Ward 3, School Board Member Edna Ben-Ami is running against Emily Walters. In Ward 5, current School Board Member Michel Ohayon is running against former city councilor Arthur […]

The city of South Portland said it will conduct an internal investigation to determine how firefighters damaged a brand-new $1.1 million ladder truck on Tuesday during a training exercise. The city said three firefighters were training in the rear parking lot of the Cash Corner fire station when the truck’s aerial ladder made contact with power […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was accused in a civil court filing Wednesday of forcing a 16-year-old Polish model to touch his penis, subjecting her to years of harassment and emotional abuse and blocking her from a successful acting career as payback for refusing his advances. The accuser, identified as Jane Doe, alleges that […]