PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Author and actor Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who was born into political and Hollywood royalty, sank into substance abuse and addiction and rose to become a well-known advocate for sobriety and recovery, has died. Lawford died of a heart attack Tuesday in Vancouver, Canada, his cousin, former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, […]

SACO — Dog owners who bring their four-legged friend to the beach better take a leash come April. The Saco City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved an ordinance requiring dogs be on leash at all times on areas of the beach where piping plovers or least terns are present or have previously nested from […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Mainers needn’t be worried about losing the ability to use their state driver’s licenses to board commercial airplanes next month because the Department of Homeland Security is expected to let the state extend the deadline again, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Wednesday. The state’s current waiver expires on Oct. 10 for […]

Two families whose children were injured when a van owned by the town of Kittery crashed on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire this summer have filed notices of claim against the town. Both are seeking financial damages for medical bills. In one claim the amount is $100,000. “I think it’s probably a parent’s worst nightmare,” […]

SPRINGVALE — The theater is in darkness, and the actors are lined up in chairs at the back of the stage. For a Tuesday rehearsal they are wearing jeans or shorts and the black hoodies they’ll be wearing in the production tonight and Friday night. An actor walks to the microphone at the front of […]

BIDDEFORD — The University of New England has been welcomed as the newest member of the University of the Arctic, a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned with education and research in the peoples and places in the “New North.” UNE joined the group Monday and will engage in all […]

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people. The Delta Fire erupted Wednesday afternoon and within hours had devoured nearly 8 square miles (21 square kilometers) of timber and brush on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An incendiary tell-all book by a reporter who helped bring down President Richard Nixon set off a firestorm in the White House, with its descriptions of current and former aides calling President Donald Trump an “idiot” and a “liar,” disparaging his judgment and claiming they plucked papers off his desk to prevent […]

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them back, the FBI said Tuesday. The slippers were on loan to the […]

BIDDEFORD — Ground has been broken for a new 5,600-square-foot memory garden at St. André Health Care in Biddeford. With State Rep. Marty Grohman of Biddeford and Biddeford Mayor Alan Casavant watching, a special groundbreaking ceremony was conducted Tuesday on the backyard patio of St. Andre Health Caré. The garden is intended to help stimulate the residents’ memories […]