RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds. Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch the Carolinas have seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind […]

AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage said he’ll continue denying applications under a voter-approved Medicaid expansion until lawmakers provide funding under his terms. Pro-Medicaid expansion advocates who are suing to force Maine to roll-out voter-approved Medicaid expansion have encouraged Mainers to apply for Medicaid expansion this summer. But LePage said the plan is to deny […]

The driver of a red pickup truck involved in a head-on collision in Saco in August told police he had taken two powerful anti-insomnia pills that have been known to induce “sleep-driving,” court records show. The head-on collision was the second crash involving the red Ford F-150 on Aug. 17. Saco police first responded to a […]

SACO — Students at C.K. Burns got the day off on Monday due to a power failure. C.K. Burns, located at 135 Middle St., serves students in third, fourth and fifth grades. School officials reported on Monday morning that the school was closed for the day due to a power shortage. Central Maine Power spokeswoman […]

Progressive groups are ratcheting up the pressure on Susan Collins, including sending her offices coat hangers, organizing rallies, social media campaigns, calling her offices, sending emails and raising funds for a future opponent if she votes to confirm controversial Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The coat hangers are symbolic of returning to women receiving “back-alley” […]

U.S. exports of live lobster to China dropped significantly in July, the first month a new tariff on the crustaceans took effect. According to trade analysis firm WISERtrade, live lobster exports in July of this year were down 28 percent over the same month last year. Census data show the U.S. shipped about $4.2 million […]

SANFORD — Every person in the running for Sanford’s municipal election Nov. 6 is uncontested in their bid for office. That means barring a successful write-in campaign — and there were no declared write-in candidates as of Monday afternoon — everyone on the ballot will be elected. In Sanford, councilors and School Committee members run […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olivia Newton-John says she has been diagnosed with cancer for the third time in three decades. The four-time Grammy winner, who will turn 70 on Sept. 26, told Australian news program “Sunday Night” doctors found a tumor in her lower back in 2017. Newton-John says she’s “treating it naturally and doing […]