BIDDEFORD – On Oct. 8, the University of New England will host a moderated conversation titled “What About Guns?” as the next installment in The President’s Forum, an event series of moderated panel discussions, debates and other highly interactive presentations on controversial issues. The event is sponsored by UNE and the Make Shift Coffee House, a […]

SANFORD — A multi-unit apartment building at 60 Riverside Ave. in Sanford was condemned by the city as unfit for human occupancy in July, due to numerous code violations. As of Tuesday evening, several tenants remained in the building, even though the condemnation notice to the owner specified it was supposed to be vacated by […]

SACO — About every three hours, a person or vehicle is hit by a train in the United States, according to federal statistics. In honor of Rail Safety Week, Operation Lifesaver, a nonprofit dedicated to rail safety education, is joining with Amtrak and more than 460 state, federal and railroad law enforcement departments to raise […]

The family of a Rochester, N.H. man killed last year in Saco are doubtful of the police conclusion that he was killed in self-defense, and are calling on investigators to revisit the case. The call for more scrutiny comes after Maine State Police investigators last week said they had determined the shooting death of Michael Burns, […]

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — About 80 of Burt Reynolds’ friends and relatives shared memories of the late actor at a private memorial service. Reynolds’ ex-wife Loni Anderson and their son Quinton Anderson Reynolds were among the speakers at the Thursday service at Quattlebaum Funeral Home in North Palm Beach, Florida, a family spokeswoman, […]

FARMINGTON — A local man is accused of going out onto a truck-pull track Thursday night at the Farmington Fair and when police tried to remove him he assaulted an officer, Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said. Alfred R. McCrillis, 65, of Farmington was arrested on a felony charge of assault on an officer. He […]

An ongoing mass die-off of seals along the New England coast has been linked to an outbreak of a distemper virus. Almost 1,000 stranded seals have been reported along the coastline in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts since July. As of last week, three-quarters of the seals were dead, according to figures from the National […]

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May accused the European Union on Friday of creating an “impasse” in divorce negotiations by bluntly rejecting her blueprint for Brexit, sending the value of the pound falling as worries about a chaotic U.K. exit from the EU soared. With British newspapers declaring that May had been “humiliated” by […]

NEWINGTON, N.H. — Police say a Lebanon man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle while doing a “wheelie” and crashed into a closed restaurant in Newington, New Hampshire. Police Chief Michael Bilodeau said the motorcycle smashed into the front entrance of the shuttered building Wednesday night. The victim is identified as 37-year-old […]

SANFORD — The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police from Sept. 14 to Sept. 19.  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: • Philip Barber, 31, Sanbornville, New Hampshire, was arrested on […]