Motorists in a couple of downtown Sanford locations will notice some traffic calming measures — like this one at the intersection of Washington Street and Riverside Avenue. The measures are temporary and designed to slow traffic so pedestrians and bicyclists can navigate the crosswalks more safely. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune

BIDDEFORD — The first of a two-part drawing exhibition opens Sept. 28 at Engine in Biddeford. Engine will host the opening of “Drawing I: The Everyday,” which is the first part of a two-part exhibition curated by Deborah Whitney, curator/gallerist formerly of Whitney Artworks in Portland. Opening festivities run from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Veronica Mars has another mystery to solve. Hulu has ordered eight new one-hour interconnected episodes of the series, starring Kristen Bell, that premiered in 2004 and aired on UPN for two seasons and The CW for one. Bell announced the news Thursday on her Instagram account. The original series centered around […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer says he is providing “critical information” as part special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance and other charges last month, said Thursday he […]

ALFRED — Assistant York County District Attorney Thomas Miscio told a jury on Wednesday that Nicholas Norton knocked his girlfriend to the floor of his dormitory room at the University of New England in Biddeford and that when she tried to get up, he allegedly “tackled” her again. “She’s on the floor and he grabbed […]

WESTBROOK — The Planning Board on Tuesday night unanimously approved plans for the first phase of what could eventually become a 100-acre mixed use development near Westbrook’s border with Portland. The approval is the last major local hurdle for the start of the Rock Row development on what used to be a quarry near Main […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out part of a lawsuit Ashley Judd filed against Harvey Weinstein that alleges he deliberately derailed her career when she turned him down sexually. U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez on Wednesday dismissed the sexual harassment allegation in the lawsuit, ruling that the California law Judd […]

WASHINGTON — Nowhere is gender politics thicker in the election season air than in the mannerly U.S. Senate as it considers what President Donald Trump’s choice for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, did or didn’t do in high school. Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual assault — and Kavanaugh’s staunch denial — has ignited a […]

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two women who drowned when a sheriff’s van taking them to a mental health facility was swept away by floodwaters, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with thousands of evacuees not to return home just yet. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, arrived […]

The state Medical Examiner’s Office says it is nearing the end of its investigation into the death of Patrick Lobor, a 22-year-old Portland man who died of a stab wound to the chest after crashing his car on Brighton Avenue in late July. Meanwhile, Lobor’s family is still waiting for an explanation that answers their […]