HOLLIS — Republican Donald Marean is seeking a fifth term representing House District 16 and is facing a challenge from Democrat newcomer David Durrell. Marean, who is retired and lives in Hollis, says his experience and willingness to reach across the aisle in Augusta for compromise in passing legislation deserves a look from voters. His […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The already-giant Mega Millions prize is now at $868 million after a drawing Tuesday night turned up no winners. Lottery officials raised the estimated jackpot, which had been $667 million. The next drawing will be Friday. If someone wins the jackpot, it would mark the second-largest lottery grand prize in […]

The Maine Warden Service on Monday called on hunters to help them locate a Waterford man who has been missing for 10 days. Cpl. John MacDonald issued a news release that asked people hunting in Waterford, Stoneham or Harrison to keep an eye out for any information or clues that might help authorities find Ricky Howard, […]

ALFRED — York County is offering a $1,500 signing bonus to new hires at York County Jail. With Maine’s low unemployment and heavy recruiting efforts by industries like Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and Pratt & Whitney in North Berwick, among others, corrections officers are taking jobs elsewhere, said York County Sheriff William L. King […]

SACO — A resident of Saco has taken home a six-figure prize as a winner of a September Maine Lottery scratch-off ticket. Leo B. Flynn of Saco won the $100,000 grand prize in Maine Lottery’s $5 “Fat Wallet” game. Flynn purchased the winning ticket at Shaw’s supermarket in Saco and claimed his prize on Sept. […]

Incumbent Republican State Sen. David Woodsome of Waterboro is challenged by Sanford City Councilor and former state legislator, Democrat John Tuttle, to represent Senate District 33, which includes the towns Cornish, Limerick, Newfield, Parsonsfield, and Shapleigh, and Waterboro, and the city of Sanford. It is the second match-up for the pair; the first was in […]

BIDDEFORD — While coaching baseball at Thornton Academy in Saco, Bob Moody became licensed to drive a bus to assure his athletes would have transportation to games. Little did he know the new skill would lead to a second career. Moody, 82, just retired from that second career, as trolley coordinator for ShuttleBus-Zoom, overseeing the […]

AUGUSTA — A piglet-at-large who was caught after dodging traffic on Route 3 Saturday has been returned back to its owner. City police received a report around 6 p.m. on Saturday that the 50-pound piglet was running in traffic on North Belfast Avenue, just east of Church Hill Road, said Sgt. Jesse Brann. “A good Samaritan stopped […]

Mary Mayhew, Maine’s former commissioner of Health and Human Services, shown in April, has been appointed by the Trump Administration to head the Medicaid program. DEREK DAVIS/Portland Press Herald Former Maine health commissioner and Republican candidate for governor Mary Mayhew has landed a job in the Trump administration. Seema Verma, head of the U.S. Centers for […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Ann Curry is getting into the business of medical crowdsourcing on television. The former “Today” show anchor has agreed to anchor a Turner series that describes people with mysterious medical ailments, in the hope of reaching doctors or patients who have seen something similar and gotten help. Curry said Monday that […]