BIDDEFORD — Planning harmonies and melodies, drafting general rhythms, and perfecting every note. This, along with a prolonged editing process, is what it takes to compose a sheet of music. The art of writing music is where Ethan Paquet has found his fascination. A Biddeford High School senior, Paquet discovered his passion for musical composition […]

SACO — A lawsuit by a Saco lobster wholesaler that alleges a partner in the business embezzled more than $1.5 million has been moved to federal court and expanded with new defendants and RICO charges. The original lawsuit was filed in August in York County Superior Court. It was moved this month to U.S. District Court in […]

YORK COUNTY — Opportunity is knocking for those looking to continue and enhance their education through CLASS, the Consortium for Learning and Student Success. CLASS is a program that has been running for the past five years and it confers with southern Maine adult education locations including Biddeford; York; Saco; Old Orchard Beach; Kittery; Marshwood; […]

AUGUSTA — Riverview Psychiatric Center is in “substantial compliance” with all conditions for participation in Medicare and on track to regain federal certification and the roughly $20 million in annual funding it lost after having its certification revoked in 2013. The state Department of Health and Human Services received notice Riverview has been found to […]

A Dunkin’ Donuts store owner met Wednesday with a Portland college student and activist who called out the business on social media after a store employee refused to serve her Somali-speaking family and then called police following an argument in the drive-thru lane. Hamdia Ahmed, 20, said she felt that the employee discriminated against her […]

A Portland-based organization that advocates for the disabled has named a new chief executive. Goodwill Northern New England’s board of directors named Richard J. Cantz as president and CEO of the not-for-profit organization that serves Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. He replaces Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, who will continue to serve Goodwill as a special adviser. […]

The University of Southern Maine has barred a retired professor from teaching after she offered students a “pop-up” course for credit to take a bus to Washington, D.C. with demonstrators urging Sen. Susan Collins to oppose confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. “We are embarrassed by and apologize for the rogue behavior of a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi River and farther east, a new study shows. Scientists aren’t quite certain why. Tornado activity is increasing most in Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, […]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A pro-government Turkish newspaper on Wednesday published a gruesome recounting of the alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, just as America’s top diplomat arrived in the country for talks over the Washington Post columnist’s disappearance. The report by Yeni Safak adds to the ever-increasing […]