OLD ORCHARD BEACH —  The town of Old Orchard Beach has met with the Maine Department of Transportation to address the turning radius at the corner of Smithwheel and Ocean Park roads. In June, a new Dunkin’ Donuts opened on the corner of the two streets at the site of a former hotel and cabins. […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Older Old Orchard Beach residents who meet income requirements may be able to apply for property tax relief beginning next year. The Old Orchard Beach Town Council, when it approved the 2019 fiscal year budget in June, set aside $35,000 for a senior tax relief program. The town has since drafted […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Kennebunkport Police from Aug. 29 to Sept. 11, 2018. • Peter Phinney, 56, of Waterboro, was issued a summons for exceeding the posted speed limit after the above violation was observed  by officers on Dyke Road. • Carson Lilly, 25, of Kennebunkport, was […]

SANFORD — The community’s big new fire truck — called a quint because it replaces both a ladder and an engine — arrived in Sanford just over a week ago. Fire Department staff are training on a new Pierce mid-mount tower truck, and will be for the next several weeks. It is expected to go […]

State education officials are refusing to renew a teaching credential for former lawmaker Dillon Bates, who resigned his seat in the Maine House of Representatives amid allegations he engaged in inappropriate relationships with female students. The State Department of Education denied the renewal request on the basis of sexual harassment laws, officials said Wednesday. The statute cited […]

BIDDEFORD — Stakeholders from across York County will be given an opportunity next week to shape priorities for community health at a special forum aimed at providing input to the region’s health care organizations. The unique forums will discuss the York County Health Profile and is scheduled for Sept. 27, 2018, at two locations. One […]

BIDDEFORD — Canadians are known as friendly folks, but these crabby brutes migrating from Canadian waters are better suited for the hockey rink. Green crabs from Nova Scotia are the same species as their cousins that already inhabit Maine waters, but are ornerier and angrier, threatening to accelerate harm to the coastal ecosystem by gobbling […]

SPRINGVALE — If you’re a fan of motion pictures, you could thank Thomas Edison, who, along with several others, played a role in developing cameras that could project moving images on a screen. To watch moving pictures, movie theaters were necessary and a celebration of Sanford’s love affair with movies, theater and other entertainment will […]

AUGUSTA — Touting Shawn Moody’s background as a “self-made man” the Republican National Committee Tuesday issued a statement of support the Republican candidate in the race to be Maine’s next governor. Moody, a Gorham businessman and auto-body entrepreneur who made millions in the auto-recycling business, and who now heads a chain of 11 auto-body repair […]

Maine lobster dealers say China is improperly inflating the market price of lobster to increase its punitive tariffs on U.S. live lobster imports. Chinese customs officials have been calculating the 25 percent tariff on U.S. lobsters based on the market value of higher-priced Canadian hard-shell lobsters, the dealers say. U.S. firm-shell lobsters usually cost $3 […]