PARSONSFIELD — A Parsonsfield man who allegedly threw a bottle at a sheriff’s deputy was arrested on Sunday for criminal threatening and reckless conduct. York County sheriff deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance  on Elm Street in Parsonsfield at 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to a press release from York County Sheriff […]

SACO — An 83-year-old woman is dead and two others are homeless after a fire swept through a Hillview Avenue home in Saco on Saturday. Firefighters responded to a neighbor’s call reporting a fire at 20 Hillview Ave. at 6 p.m. in Saco on Saturday night, said Maine Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland. Firefighters found […]

AUGUSTA — Maine’s bald eagle population continues to soar, increasing by 101 nesting pairs to a total of 733, an increase of 16 percent since the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife conducted the last bald eagle survey five years ago in 2013. Maine’s bald eagle population continues to grow in numbers across the entire […]

A Massachusetts man died Sunday after crashing an all-terrain vehicle in the Franklin County town of Carthage, the Maine Warden Service said. Cpl. John MacDonald identified the victim as Taylor Curtin, 27, of Belchertown. Curtin had been camping over the weekend with friends at the Rocky Mountain Terrain Park off Winter Hill Road in Carthage. […]

Next month Maine voters will be asked to borrow $106 million for the state’s transportation infrastructure, adding to hundreds of millions of dollars in debt the state has taken on in recent years to prop up its underfunded highway budget. If passed, Question 3 on the November ballot will authorize state government to sell general […]

YULONGXUESHAN, China (AP) — The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a stone shard careened down the ice, flying past Chen Yanjun as he operated a GPS device. More projectiles were tumbling down the hulk of ice that scientists say is one of the world’s fastest melting […]

LIMINGTON – A Limington man arrested earlier this year for running a methamphetamine lab was arrested again on Friday night for possession of methamphetamine and other drugs. Patrick Gomes, 40, was stopped by a sheriff’s deputy at 6:45 p.m. on Friday for a traffic violation, according to a press release from York County Sheriff William King Jr. […]

TOKYO (AP) — European and Japanese space agencies said an Ariane 5 rocket successfully lifted a spacecraft carrying two probes into orbit Saturday for a joint mission to Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the unmanned BepiColombo spacecraft successfully separated and was sent […]

WATERBORO — A Biddeford man was arrested for heroin possession on the Sokokis Trail in Waterboro early Saturday morning. York County sheriff deputies responded to a report of a suspicious person on the Sokokis Trail in Waterboro at approximately 1 a.m., according to a press release from York County Sheriff Bill King. Upon arrival, deputies found Jonathan […]

A diverse coalition of groups is crafting recommendations aimed at shaping “a new generation of land conservation in Maine” more than three decades after the creation of the Land for Maine’s Future program. The 20-member task force has been meeting since late May in an effort to provide guidance to the next governor and Legislature […]