In a debate that included several heated exchanges, the four candidates hoping to replace Republican Gov. Paul LePage squared off on key issues such as abortion, climate change, sexual harassment and health care Wednesday evening at the University of New England’s Portland campus. Mills implied that Moody was a “climate change denier,” an assertion that […]

  SPRINGVALE — The Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery, which opened in 2010, is poised to receive a $3.8 million grant to expand. The expansion would include new roadways, 7,000 new plots, and more than 3,500 full-size casket plots. The cemetery is located within the largest concentration of veterans in Maine: 60,961 veterans live within 1 […]

ROCKLAND — The 61-year-old Rockland man who said earlier this year that he heard voices telling him to shoot up a school has been charged with felony terrorizing. Brandon M. Luzzi is free on personal recognizance bail, court records show. He appeared in court Thursday for a dispositional hearing. Luzzi was living on Thomaston Street […]

BIDDEFORD — Catholic Charities’ Parish Social Ministry program is hosting a free e-waste collection day on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, 178 Elm St. in Biddeford. Organizers will be collecting televisions, computers, printers, microwaves, VCRs, and leftover parts from other electronics to help keep e-Waste out of landfills. Bill Wood of […]

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — The most powerful hurricane on record to hit Florida’s Panhandle left wide destruction and at least two people dead and wasn’t nearly finished Thursday as it crossed Georgia, now as a tropical storm, toward the Carolinas, that are still reeling from epic flooding by Hurricane Florence. A day after the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mike Myers’ comical sidekick “Mini-Me” in the “Austin Powers” movie franchise, died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported Wednesday. Troyer had a potentially fatal level of alcohol in his system and was saying repeatedly that […]

With one day remaining in its online auction, the leading bid to purchase the iconic Time & Temperature Building in downtown Portland reached $5.25 million Wednesday evening. The auction, which began Tuesday, is scheduled to run until 1:30 p.m. Thursday, at which point the leading bidder will submit finances for approval to finalize the sale. […]

SACO — John Kerry sits down at a table in what’s known as Mary’s room, a cozy room at his family’s pub with book shelves, table lamps and a fireplace.  “This is my favorite room,” he said. The room is named after his late sister, Mary Kerry Libby, namesake of Mary’s Walk, which has raised […]

WATERBORO — A late-night crash in Waterboro resulted in one individual being taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the accident. York County Sheriff William L. King, Jr. said that deputies were called to the scene of a single-vehicle accident on Ossipee Hill Road in Waterboro shortly after midnight Tuesday. Kin said that […]