A law enacted Tuesday to conform Maine’s tax code to the federal code is expected to save taxpayers roughly $75 million over the next four years, and it includes new benefits for the state’s lowest wage earners. Passage of the law was prompted by Republican-led changes to the federal tax code approved by Congress in […]

TORONTO (AP) — It was as she forcefully stuffed actress Tatiana Maslany into the trunk of a car that the sheer out-of-body experience of her role in the brutal L.A. noir thriller “Destroyer” came into focus for Nicole Kidman. “I was putting her in the trunk of that car going: ’What the hell is this?’” […]

BIDDEFORD — The superintendent of schools has declined to speak about a Biddeford School Committee member facing assault charges, saying that he can’t comment on his bosses. Dennis Anglea, 58, was indicted on Thursday at York County Superior Court on felony charges for aggravated assault, attempted gross sexual and domestic violence assault. Anglea has served on […]

SANFORD — A company that plans to turn sawmill residue into wood pellets for heating fuel to be sold throughout New England has been awarded a $200,000 grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program. T & D Wood Energy LLC, made up of the father-and-son team of Dean and Tony Wood, are […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans looked back on 9/11 Tuesday with tears and somber tributes as President Donald Trump hailed “the moment when America fought back” on one of the hijacked planes used as weapons in the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. Victims’ relatives said prayers for their country, pleaded for national unity and […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from Aug. 6 to Aug. 12. • Ian Clough, 35, of Old Orchard Beach, was issued a summons for a suspended registration at 11:45 a.m. on Aug. 6. • Howard Washburn IV, 20, of […]

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale expresses a hurricane’s strength by its sustained wind speed. Category 1: 74 to 95 mph, Very dangerous winds will produce some damage. Well-constructed frame homes could have damage to roof, shingles, vinyl siding and gutters. Large branches of trees will snap and shallowly rooted trees may be toppled. Extensive damage to power […]

LYMAN — A Portland man was critically injured early Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Route 111 in Lyman. Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said that Douglas Peterson, 55, lost control of his car near the intersection of Route 111 and Old Sawmill Road at about 5:30 a.m. An electrician, Peterson was headed […]

SACO— There were no injuries and minimal damage to a two-story garage during a fire on Lincoln Road in Saco on Monday. The couple who own the garage, located near their home, were asleep when the fire broke out. “At 6:38 a.m. some one woke me up pounding on the door,” said Nancy Beaulieu of […]