WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities on Friday captured a Florida man with a criminal history and a fervor for President Donald Trump and accused him of sending at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democrats, capping a nationwide search in a case that spread fear of election-season violence with little precedent in the U.S. Justice […]

ALFRED —A former University of New England student has been sentenced to 45 days in jail from charges of criminal restraint and domestic violence assault stemming from an incident that occurred in a dormitory room at the Biddeford campus in April 2017. Nicholas Norton, 20, of Massachusetts, was sentenced at York County Superior Court by […]

LEBANON — A Dover, New Hampshire, motorist faces a felony charge of eluding an officer and a two misdemeanor charges after a short pursuit by Maine State Police on Wednesday evening. Trooper Benjamin Handzel of Troop A attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on Route 202 in Lebanon near the New Hampshire […]

KENNEBUNK — Police are alerting residents of local bobcat sightings in the town. The Kennebunk Police Department posted on its Facebook page some of the photos and video the department has received of bobcats wondering onto local yards and property, “We remind our residents to continue to enjoy our native wildlife from a distance,” said […]

Police and rescue workers shut down southbound lanes of Interstate 295 for hours to clear a tractor-trailer truck filled with milk that rolled over a guardrail and down an embankment Friday morning in Portland, Maine State Police said. State police said the road would remain closed to southbound traffic through at least the early evening […]

BUXTON — Democrat Richard Fitzgerald and Republican Mark Blier are vying to become the next state representative for District 22 on Nov. 6 to replace two-term Republican Jonathan Kinney, who did not file to run for re-election in 2018. District 22 is made up of part of Buxton, part of Limerick, Limington and part of Standish. Blier lives […]

BIDDEFORD — Engine, an arts organization on Main Street in Biddeford, has received a grant from the Local Foods, Local Places initiative to launch a four-part action plan in order to create opportunities for all by using and expanding Biddeford’s food systems. The Local Foods, Local Places program is supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection […]

SPRINGVALE – Imagine you’re in a bed and breakfast in coastal Maine. Imagine what could happen when a group of mischievous senior citizens descend upon the small inn for a reunion. As you could imagine, there would be fun, laughter, lots of antics and more shenanigans. See for yourself when Senior Theatre performs an original […]

YORK COUNTY — Two candidates for the Maine House of Representatives, one York County commissioner and the entire slate of municipal candidates in Sanford are poised to sail to victory Nov. 6. That is because all are unopposed in their bids for election. In Biddeford, former City Councilor Democrat Victoria Foley is unopposed in her […]

LEWISTON — Police have charged a 35-year-old Lewiston man with aggravated sex trafficking as a result of their work this summer posing as prospective clients to find out if women were being forced or coerced into prostitution. Police arrested Martin S. Gerding on Wednesday morning. “He is sending women out to solicit sex for his […]