BIDDEFORD — With more than 9 percent of students this year coming from immigrants new to Maine, the Biddeford School Department continues to seek new ways to reach out and welcome parents and families adjusting to life in a new country. By exploring common ground and extending friendship to newcomers hailing from faraway countries, Biddeford […]

Pertussis is circulating at sky-high rates in York County, with 97 cases so far this year, including 25 cases of the highly infectious disease in September. Kennebunk Elementary School and The Middle School of the Kennebunks reported pertussis outbreaks shortly after school started in September. Maine in recent years has consistently recorded one of the […]

SACO — Local communities and social service agencies have a powerful new tool to help build resilience and assist those in need. On Friday morning, Shuttle Bus Zoom’s Transit Angel Project gave the city of Biddeford, the city of Saco, the town of Old Orchard Beach and the Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center hundreds of public […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Bruce Dern has been released from the hospital after a fall during his daily jog in Los Angeles. A representative for the 82-year-old Dern says he was released Friday evening following his fall earlier in the day. The Oscar-nominated actor’s representative says he is in good spirits. No further details […]

A 51-year-old Parsonsfield man missing since Monday afternoon was found Friday at a friend’s house in Sanford, according to a family member. Game wardens and the York County Sheriff’s Office were searching for Todd Pierce, who had last been seen on Stagecoach Road in Parsonsfield. Pierce, who is deaf and has had recent health issues, […]

STOCKTON SPRINGS – Prosecutors in the case of a Maine mother charged with beating her 10-year-old daughter to death with her husband’s help want to try the couple together with separate juries. Sharon and Julio Carrillo have pleaded not guilty to charges of depraved indifference murder of young Marissa Kennedy. WABI-TV reports prosecutors say a […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker dropped his re-election bid shortly after the sudden resignation of his lieutenant governor over what Walker described as an inappropriate overture toward a woman. Walker’s announcement, made Friday at the Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Anchorage right before he was to participate in a debate, was […]

SANFORD — The Sanford City Council approved a new, 180-day marijuana moratorium this week, but modified its original plan to exempt medical marijuana growers who have already invested and are in the process of setting up their businesses. The moratorium includes a ban on new medical marijuana production facilities, registered caregiver retail stores, registered dispensaries, […]