SANFORD – What does it take to inspire students? Kathy Sargent, the director of Sanford Regional Technical Center, will tell you it takes enthusiasm, advocacy and knowledge. And the person with a heaping measure of all three is Russell Clark, who teaches Engineering and Architectural Design at SRTC, she said. Clark has been honored as […]

Portland education group Side x Side and its partner, the University of Southern Maine, received a four-year, $2.5 million federal grant to expand an arts education program that blends academics with the arts. In 2014, the group got a $1.9 million federal grant to do work, called Project Imagine, in Portland schools. The program is used […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing will honor Willie Nelson days before the 2019 Grammy Awards. The academy announced Tuesday that Nelson’s career and achievements will be celebrated on Feb. 6, 2019, at The Village Studios in Los Angeles. Neil Portnow, the academy’s president and CEO, says in a statement […]

  BIDDEFORD — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Biddeford Police from Aug. 18 to Aug. 31, 2018: • Jaheel C. Dyer, 23, of Biddeford was arrested for an outstanding warrant. • Skye A. Gosselin, 20, of Biddeford was issued a summons for minor consuming liquor. • Samantha Breeden, 25, of […]

AUGUSTA — The commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection is stepping down next month. Paul Mercer, who has headed the DEP since January 2016, is the latest Cabinet-level departure from the LePage administration as voters prepare to elect a new governor. Mercer will retire from state service on Nov. 9 and his position will be […]

LEWISTON — A Lewiston driver was charged with operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident after a two-car crash Thursday night on the Maine Turnpike that injured three people. David Strout of Lewiston was heading north on Interstate 95 at a high rate of speed when he struck the guardrail at […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an “invasion” of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end for the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. With his eyes squarely on next Tuesday’s elections, President Donald Trump is rushing out hardline immigration declarations, promises and actions as he tries to mobilize supporters to retain […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants moving north in slow-moving caravans that are still hundreds of miles from […]

ALFRED – A Kennebunk resident twice convicted of sex crimes involving young people under the age of 14 could face significant prison time for failing to register as a sex offender. Robert Eaton, 64, was convicted of the Class B crime at York County Superior Court in Alfred. His conviction earlier this month marks the […]

    SACO —  Local police have gotten themselves into a hairy situation, but don’t worry, it’s for a good cause. Many police departments have policies limiting or restricting facial hair. In Saco, police officers can have mustaches, but they can’t have beards or goatees. However, contrary to what policy dictates, many local police officers […]