NEW YORK (AP) — Scrabble players, time to rethink your game because 300 new words are coming your way, including some long-awaited gems: OK and ew, to name a few. Merriam-Webster released the sixth edition of “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” on Monday, four years after the last freshening up. The company, at the behest […]

A private Casco Bay island once owned by famed Arctic explorer Robert Peary is up for sale, complete with two private sandy beaches and a secluded camp. But the next owner is sure to pay a whole lot more than the $800 Peary offered for it in 1907. Crab Island is a 10-minute boat ride […]

  OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Experts say that introducing children to books at a young age is one of the key ways to foster a life-long love of reading. Local library advocates are doing just that. A handful of members of Friends of Libby Library stopped by Jameson School to donate to students the 57 […]

KENNEBUNK — Richard “Dick” Bibber greeted people as they walked into the West Kennebunk Fire Station for a first responder lunch on Saturday, thanking them for their service to the community. Bibber, 79, who served the town for many years as an EMT and as a deputy fire chief, wanted to acknowledge the work the […]

BIDDEFORD — In the community, St. James School in Biddeford is known for developing young people who strive to excel in the classroom and understand the importance of living lives of purpose and integrity, like Gracie Martin, a St. James alum who, earlier this month, committed to playing basketball in college at Harvard University. But another […]

The Winslow Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 35-year-old woman last seen at her home on Quimby Lane around 4:25 p.m. Friday. Rianne L. Andrews of 132 Quimby Lane is described as 5-foot-6, 145 pounds and blonde with hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a light colored sweatshirt […]

BIDDEFORD — Free tickets are available to the first-ever York County Mini Maker Faire, produced by Biddeford-based arts organization Engine, to be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the Pepperell Mill Campus, 40 Main St. in downtown Biddeford. The event will be held in a 26,000-square-foot historic hall. More than […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court, forced the White House and Senate Republicans onto the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation. The new accusation landed late Sunday […]

For seven days and 360 miles from Houlton to South Portland, a former Army Guardsman pedaled his 20-year-old mountain bike to raise money for the Family Readiness Group of the 488th Military Police Company based in Waterville. A Family Readiness Group provides communications and information between deployed military personnel and the families they leave back […]

A Skowhegan man was arrested Saturday after police said he crashed a car on Thurston Hill Road in Madison, causing serious injury to himself and a woman passenger. Leslie Ridley Jr., 36, was charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident/aggravated, driving to endanger, operating after habitual offender status, operating under the influence […]