BIDDEFORD — Women who feel they might be called to a religious vocation are encouraged to attend informational sessions in Biddeford hosted by the Good Shepherd Sisters. The group , called FIAT, meets on the second and fourth Friday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. at the St. Joseph Convent, 409 Pool St. […]

YORK COUNTY — A wide variety of new classes join some favorites as York County Senior College gears up for its fall semester. Prospective students will have a full line-up of classes given at locations in the Sanford/Springvale area, as well as in Saco, Kennebunk and Alfred.  Classes begin the week of Sept. 24 and […]

A Westbrook man is facing drug charges after being found with crack cocaine during a traffic stop in South Portland late Sunday night. A member of Maine State Police Troop G and the Pro-Active Criminal Enforcement team stopped a car on Maine Mall Road around 11:30 p.m. During the roadside investigation, police searched passenger Makonnen […]

YORK COUNTY — Maine’s statewide 4-H program leader will serve as interim director of University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Lisa Phelps assumed her new duties Saturday and succeeds longtime Cooperative Extension director John Rebar, who retired Friday. Phelps also currently serves as the program administrator supporting the Maine Extension Homemaker Council, supporting and supervising faculty […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s final journey ended Sunday on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future, and alongside a lifelong friend. A horse-drawn caisson carrying the senator’s casket led a procession of mourners from the academy’s chapel to […]

BERLIN (AP) — U2 lead singer Bono is reassuring fans that he’ll have his voice back for the rest of U2′s European tour after ending a concert in Germany Saturday night, which they are rescheduling. In a statement posted Sunday to U2′s website, Bono says that a doctor has ruled out anything serious related to […]

Authorities in Hancock County are looking for two men they believe are connected to the killing of a family pet whose body was found washed up on a private beach. The Hancock County Sheriff’s Department issued arrest warrants Saturday for Nathan A. Burke, 37, of Hancock and Justin T. Chipman, 22, of Steuben and Winter […]

A fire forced the evacuation of about 40 residents of the Seacliff building, an elderly apartment complex at 47 Floral St. in Bath, on Sunday morning. A firefighter received a minor injury but there were no other injuries in the fire that damaged the first floor of the building. The fire broke out at about […]

LIMINGTON — A violent incident overnight Sunday has led to the arrest of a Limington suspect. According to York County Sheriff William L. King Jr., deputies were called to a residence on Rush Road in Limington about 2:30 a.m. Sunday for a report of a domestic disturbance. “Upon arrival, deputies found a distraught woman walking […]

PORTLAND, Maine –  This coming Labor Day, drivers traveling southbound through the Maine Turnpike’s York Toll Plaza should not be surprised if approached by a tall, two-legged moose in a fluorescent-yellow safety vest. That’s Miles, Maine Turnpike’s mascot who will be saying goodbye to this year’s drove of visitors as they head home.  Joined by Poland […]