KENNEBUNK — Three people were injured, one seriously, when a car crossed the center line on Western Avenue and crashed into another vehicle in Kennebunk on Monday evening. William A. White Jr., 39, of Lisbon, who was driving a 1999 Ford Mustang when it was struck by another car, is in critical condition at Maine […]

BIDDEFORD – While construction continues on Lincoln Street, the beginning of construction on the Lincoln Mill in Biddeford itself will be delayed again while finances are put in order. Developers of the $40 million project, which at last estimate was slated for July 2020 completion, had until Aug. 29 to pick up building permits, the […]

A Democratic Party-backed political action committee targeting Maine’s governor’s race has topped $1 million in spending, most to oppose Republican candidate Shawn Moody, part of a coordinated nationwide effort to sway races that could flip congressional redistricting power back to the Democrats. A Better Maine reported spending $343,805 on Maine’s governor’s race in recent days, […]

A Maine philanthropist and tech entrepreneur is working with the University of Maine System on a new project to create a “world class” health care data analytics center in Portland, system officials said Monday. David Roux, a Maine native and chairman of the trustees at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, made his fortune investing […]

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Hundreds of people waited in long lines for water and other essentials Tuesday in Wilmington, still mostly cut off by high water days after Hurricane Florence unleashed epic floods, and North Carolina’s governor pleaded with more than 10,000 evacuees around the state not to return home yet. The death toll rose to […]

WASHINGTON — Maine Sen. Susan Collins has joined a growing bipartisan group of senators who say that accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should be aired before the Senate Judiciary Committee, with Kavanaugh and the person he is accused of assaulting, Christine Blasey Ford, appearing. “Professor Ford and Judge Kavanaugh should both testify […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Henry Winkler won the first Emmy of his career on Monday, more than four decades after he was first nominated for his role as The Fonz in “Happy Days.” The 72-year-old Winkler looked bowled over when he won for best supporting actor in a comedy series on Monday for his role […]

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A year ago, floodwaters from hurricanes Floyd and Matthew came close to entering Joe Holmes’ house in South Carolina, but he dodged those bullets. Now, with Florence, he doesn’t feel so lucky. He worries the Waccamaw River will make its way into his Conway home because the state wants to save […]

LYMAN — A Portland driver who was critically injured  in a single-vehicle crash on Route 111  in Lyman last week has died. Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Douglas Petersen, 55, lost control of his car near the intersection of Route 111 and Old Sawmill Road at about 5:30 a.m. Sep. 12. On Monday, […]

KENNEBUNK — When a jury acquitted Jill Lamontagne in July of sex-related charges involving a 17-year-old student at Kennebunk High School, the former teacher said she felt elated and relieved. “It was a super high,” she said. Since then, Lamontagne has been working in a diner, spending time with her family, taking calls from the […]