SANFORD — Students exited their buses and walked through the front doors of the new Sanford High School and Regional Technical Center for the first time on Wednesday morning. It was a sunny fall day, and the foliage on the campus was vibrant with color. It was a good day to open a new school – […]

COBLESKILL, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine service operator was charged Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 people, while police continued investigating what caused the wreck and whether anyone else will face charges. Nauman Hussain, 28, showed little emotion as he was arraigned Wednesday evening in an Albany-area court, and he […]

A divided Ogunquit Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday to uphold the termination of the town fire chief following a tense meeting that culminated in more than 200 residents being asked to leave. The termination appeal hearing focused on the firing of Mark O’Brien, who had served with the Ogunquit Fire Department for 37 years before […]

SACO – Incumbent District 15 State Rep., Democrat Margaret “Maggie” O’Neil, is facing opposition from Republican Joseph Lynch. District 15 covers part of Saco. Lynch, 28, is an accountant who owns J. Lynch LLC and is the treasurer for Saco Main Street. Lynch said in adressing the issue of school gun violence and mass shootings, […]

Maine energy officials say they don’t expect any broad supply interruptions with heating oil, gasoline or diesel fuel as a result of Monday’s fire and explosion at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick. Angela Monroe, who heads the Governor’s Energy Office, said she spoke Wednesday with Irving representatives who said the refinery […]

LEWISTON — A New York man who told police he used bogus Home Depot accounts to go on a spending spree in Maine and later sold the items in New York has denied related criminal charges. Peter Garces, 22, of Bronx, New York, appeared in 8th District Court last week, where he pleaded not guilty […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Michael roared down on the Florida Panhandle strengthening into a Category 4 hurricane early Wednesday before it crashes against the region’s white-sand beaches, fishing villages and coastal communities later in the day. The unexpected brute that quickly sprang from a weekend tropical depression grew swiftly, rising in days to a catastrophic […]

SANFORD — There was a celebration Monday evening on the tarmac at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, where participants could take an up-close look at a LifeFlight helicopter or fixed wing aircraft and inside a hangar where a 20-year service achievement was celebrated. It was one of three LifeFlight celebrations that day, the others were in […]

Taylor Swift kicked off her week with a rare political post on social media, and at the American Music Awards she continued the conversation by encouraging fans to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Swift won four honors including artist of the year at the fan-voted show on Tuesday in Los Angeles, beating out Drake, […]