YORK BEACH — More than 350 residents from the York County area joined the Maine Beaches Area Walk to End Alzheimer’s in the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease on Saturday, Sept. 15, at the York Beach Ball Field in the heart of York Beach. Participants raised more than $80,000 to fund Alzheimer’s care, support and research programs. Fundraising for the Walk to End […]

NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — As the death toll from Florence mounted and hundreds of people were pulled from flooded homes, North Carolina is bracing for what could be the next stage of a still-unfolding disaster: widespread, catastrophic river flooding. After blowing ashore as a hurricane with 90 mph (145 kph) winds, Florence virtually parked […]

GORHAM — Shawn Moody built an auto repair business from nothing, transformed a junkyard into a state-of-the-art auto recycling facility that he sold for millions, and spread his namesake collision centers across the southern half of the state. Now he’s the Republican nominee for governor, having easily won a four-way primary in which he vanquished […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist says he’s surprised the #MeToo movement hasn’t had more impact on corporate America. Steve Bannon says he thinks Time’s Up is “the single most powerful potential political movement in the world.” Bannon spoke Saturday in New York during an ideas festival sponsored by The Economist. His […]

SKOWHEGAN — A Skowhegan man has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on robbery and theft charges in connection with a bank holdup in January in Norridgewock. Dustin L. Everett, 34, of Gerald’s Way in Skowhegan, is charged with class A robbery with use of a firearm and class B theft with use […]

A pregnant woman and her 8-year-old son suffered life-threatening injuries Saturday morning in a head-on collision on Route 302 in Fryeburg, police said. The 29-year-old woman, of Denmark, along with three children under the age of 8, were traveling west around 9:30 a.m. when a vehicle crossed into the woman’s lane and slammed into her […]

ROCKLAND — A Vinalhaven lobsterman was sentenced Thursday to 45 days in jail for trying to ram a skiff in 2016. Carl B. Gross, 32, had pleaded guilty last year and was on a 12-month deferred disposition. The agreement called for a cap of 90 days in jail with the defense able to argue for […]

ALFRED — Shaker Hill will be the place to be for everything apple Sept. 22 and 23, as York County Shelter Programs inc. and the Alfred Shaker Museum continue the annual Shaker Hill Apple Festival. The two-day festival on Shaker Hill Road,  off Route 202,  draws more than 8,000 people, say organizers of the festival […]

AUGUSTA — Voter reaction to two politicians not even on the ballot in 2018 – Gov. Paul LePage and President Trump – could play heavily in determining which party controls the Maine Legislature for the next two years. Power at the State House is currently split near evenly, with the Republicans holding a one-seat majority […]

BIDDEFORD — The University of New England has announced that Ellie LeBlond Sosa, granddaughter of President George H.W. Bush and the late Barbara Bush, and Kelly Anne Chase, a New England-based writer and magazine editor, will serve as co-speakers for the 2018 George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series. The event will be held at […]