More than 300 people, most of them members of Portland’s transgender community, gathered in Monument Square Wednesday night to protest a proposed Trump administration policy to define a person’s gender as that listed on their birth certificate. When news of the proposal was leaked this week by the New York Times, lesbian, gay, bisexual and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pipe bombs packed with shards of glass were intercepted en route to several prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, in an unnerving wave that deepened political tensions and fears two weeks before national midterm elections. None of the seven bombs detonated and nobody was hurt as authorities in […]

BIDDEFORD — A complaint filed in York County Superior in Alfred seeks to stop Biddeford’s plan to charge for parking in city-owned lots in the downtown, scheduled to start Nov. 1. According to a release issued by the city on Wednesday, the city was notified on Tuesday about the complaint, filed by resident Jason Litalien, […]

WATERBORO — On Nov. 6, voters will decide whether to allow all terrain vehicles on some public roads, bond a new fire truck to replace a 20-year-old model and add a provision to the charter to allow the town to operate should the annual budget fail at the polls. The ATV question, “Are you in […]

SANFORD — Whether you’re in the market for a jar of homemade bread-and- butter  pickles, a silk flower arrangement in autumn or Christmas themes, a raffle ticket that could put some cash in your pocket or that intricate piece of costume jewelry, it is likely available at the St. Therese of Lisieux Parish Fair in […]

YORK COUNTY — Incumbent Republican Heidi Sampson of Alfred is challenged by small business owner, Democrat Kelcy McNamara of Alfred, and Green Independent Justin Reinhardt of Limerick to represent District 21, which includes the towns Alfred and Newfield and parts of Limerick, Parsonsfield and Shapleigh. McNamara is a newcomer to politics. Reinhardt currently serves on […]

BIDDEFORD — A Biddeford artist is teaming up with the Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine in Orono to present a unique public show next month based on Roland Salazar Rose’s series of 11 “Solar Flare” paintings.  The public show will be called “Solar Flares and Salazar — An Art/Science Collaboration” and the art/science […]

A corrections officer at the Cumberland County Jail has been arrested and charged with dealing cocaine. Davis Glazener, 22, of South Portland, was arraigned at the Cumberland County courthouse in Portland Wednesday afternoon on the felony charge and did not enter a plea during the hearing. While Glazener was in court, Sheriff Kevin Joyce talked […]

OREM, Utah (AP) — Taylor Swift has donated $15,500 to a GoFundMe account of a fan whose family is struggling with medical bills. Sadie Bartell’s mother has been in a coma for three years, and the family is worried about losing their Orem, Utah, home because of mounting medical bills. The 19-year-old tweeted that her […]

The 27-year-old Portland man charged with stabbing another patron during a concert Sunday at the State Theatre told police he used a small nail file on his key chain as a weapon after he was pushed by another patron near the stage. Joseph Lewis faces one count of aggravated assault, a felony, and was ordered […]