DAYTON — A Dayton man was arrested for driving under the influence after he led police on a chase through the woods late Saturday night. State Trooper Adam Schmidt and police dog Ibo were called out shortly past midnight on Sunday morning to assist State Trooper Zachary Fancy with tracking a driver that had run away […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Airlines and federal facilities will accept Maine driver’s licenses through October 2020. Maine’s secretary of state says the Department of Homeland Security has issued Maine another waiver for compliance with the Real ID Act. The federal Real ID law was passed by Congress after the 2001 terrorist attacks to strengthen rules for […]

A lobsterman fishing off Pine Point this weekend caught an exceptionally rare calico lobster. “Everyone who sees it (comments on) its beauty,” said Anthony Belanger, who works at Scarborough Fish & Lobster on Route 1 where the lobster now resides. “My boss and the lobstermen we get our lobsters from have never seen one like […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hailed his revamped North American trade deal with Canada and Mexico on Monday and vowed to sign it by late November. But it’s not the final step in the lengthy path to congressional approval on an issue that has served for two decades as a political football for U.S. industrial […]

SANFORD — The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police from Sept. 21 to Sept. 29.  If there is no listing for a specific date, it means no one was arrested or charged on that day, according to police logs provided by the agency: • Jessica Leland, 34, Sanford, was arrested on a warrant […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — It has been a year since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, and a woman set to talk at a sunrise ceremony commemorating the lives lost says that although hearts are still healing, she hopes people can move forward from the enormous tragedy with “love and light.” Among survivors, […]

BIDDEFORD — It’s safe to say that since that since the Central Fire Station first opened on Alfred Street in Biddeford in 1990, Saturday’s Open House there was the largest number of people to visit the Biddeford Fire Department ever at one time. Hundreds turned out to meet firefighters, climb into fire trucks or to […]

LEWISTON — A crowd of about 100 participants, fundraisers and onlookers watched as Patrick Dempsey took the stage at Simard-Payne Park in Lewiston to close out the 10th annual Dempsey Challenge on Sunday. During his closing comments, the actor and Buckfield native gave thanks to the event’s fundraisers and volunteers, the driving forces who make […]

BIDDEFORD — A new law signed by Maine Gov. Paul LePage in July will leave it up to individual school administrative units, or SAUs, to determine if high schools will award proficiency-based or credit-based diplomas to graduates effective Dec. 13. The education-reform measure was passed this spring by the 128th Legislature and removed a mandate that […]

Four men, three of them from Detroit, Michigan, have been arrested and charged with operating a crack cocaine trafficking ring from a home in Bangor. Charged with trafficking crack cocaine are: 24-year-old Jason Arnold, 28-year-old Tyler Smith, and 29-year-old Rickey Johnson Jr., all of Detroit. The fourth person to be charged was 29-year-old Derek Auger […]