RED BANK, N.J. (AP) — Comedian and former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart has surprised construction workers at a New Jersey performing arts theater with a free lunch. Stewart appeared behind the window of the Shore Good Eats food truck outside the Count Basie Center of the Arts in Red Bank Wednesday afternoon, handing out […]

The body of a local man was pulled from the Presumpscot River on Thursday morning after the car he was driving left the roadway, went into the river and overturned, police said. No further details about the person were immediately available. Police are expected to release more information Thursday or Friday after his family has […]

SKOWHEGAN — A Farmington man was sentenced this week to serve 20 years in the state prison after pleading guilty to four of 16 counts of gross sexual assault on two girls in Skowhegan — one who was under the age of 14 at the time, and another who was under the age of 18 […]

Officials at a Freeport religious school noticed earlier this year that a math teacher who is now charged with sexual assault was spending too much time alone with a female student and contacted the student’s parents and the teacher to express their concern, police said. The Pine Tree Academy teacher, Derek Michael Boyce, 37, of Woolwich, now […]

A search was underway Thursday for a skydiving instructor who somehow became detached from his partner during a tandem jump, police said. Maine Game Wardens, forestry personnel and police in an aircraft were searching the Lebanon area near Skydive New England, where the flight originated, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine State Police. The […]

KENNEBUNK – In a world before video games, cell phone apps and computers, a barn door that “Mooed” like a cow on a play set was a pretty nifty feature. The Playskool My Little Farm playset is one of the featured items in the Brick Store Museum’s exhibit “1968: A Year of Change.” “It really […]

NEW YORK — He let his anger flare repeatedly, interrupted his questioners and sobbed several times during his opening statement. She strived to remain calm and polite, despite her nervousness, and mostly held back her tears. Throughout their riveting, nationally televised testimony on Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh served as Exhibits A and […]

SPRINGVALE — In keeping with Lowe’s tradition of philanthropy, workers in the Sanford store have signed on to work alongside a local Springvale nature trust to help restore the community nature reserve. The workers will help restore a barn that can offer a place for meetings, workshops, and community functions, and create a community-sized garden […]

BIDDEFORD – A New York man has been arrested for selling cocaine and heroin in York County after an ongoing investigation. Reginald Lewis, 31, of the Bronx, was arrested Wednesday night at a Kennebunk hotel and charged with selling cocaine and heroin at locations in Biddeford and Saco, according to a press release from Maine […]