When the high wind and rain blew through Litchfield in the early hours of Oct. 30, 2017, it didn’t seem so different from other storms that have rolled over Maine. The power went out, but that didn’t worry the Christmans on Hallowell Road. “We were able to get around,” Jana Christman said. A tree had […]

SACO  —  One of the most beloved community events will make its annual return next month in Saco and for many it’s a cherished tradition. The 20th Annual Free Community Thanksgiving Dinner is scheduled to be held Nov. 22 at the Most Holy Trinity Church Hall, 271 Main St. in Saco. Meals will be served […]

BIDDEFORD – More than 200 runners braved rain and cold to participate in a 5K race to benefit STEM programs at Biddeford Middle School on Sunday morning. STEM classes at Biddeford Middle School can help formulate potential careers in science, technology, engineering and math for students, said Gert Webber, a STEM teacher at BMS and […]

Insurance shoppers likely will have several choices for individual health coverage this fall. The bad news? There’s no guarantee they will cover certain doctors or prescriptions. Health insurers have stopped fleeing the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces and they’ve toned down premium hikes that gouged consumers in recent years. Some are even dropping prices for 2019. […]

WISCASSET – A floating piece of history that was severely damaged during a winter storm is in Maine for repairs. The 110-foot sloop, known as the USS Providence, toppled onto its side during powerful gusts in 2015 while stored in Newport Shipyard in Rhode Island. Damage included a broken mast and punctured hull. The sloop […]

A man robbed a Subway store at 58 Ossipee Trail East in Standish on Saturday. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s office said a man entered the store at 6:42 and demanded money from one of the workers. No weapon was displayed but the suspect indicated that he was armed, police said in a prepared statement. The […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Channel personality who made a rocky transition to softer news at NBC, was fired from her morning show Friday after triggering a furor by suggesting it was OK for white people to wear blackface at Halloween. ″‘Megyn Kelly Today’ is not returning,” NBC News said […]

It was the kind of security lapse that gives election officials nightmares. In 2017, a private contractor left data on Chicago’s 1.8 million registered voters — including addresses, birth dates and partial Social Security numbers — publicly exposed for months on an Amazon cloud server. Later at a tense hearing , Chicago’s Board of Elections dressed down the top […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in U.S. history. The 20-minute attack at Tree of Life Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood left […]

A nor’easter moved through Maine on Saturday, bringing rain, high winds and power outages, as well as snow to interior and western areas and the potential for minor flooding along the southern coast. The storm hit York and Cumberland counties during the late morning hours. It rained heavily at times throughout the afternoon, but by […]