KITTERY — Mosquitoes in York County have tested positive for West Nile virus and Mainers should take steps to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The positive test is the first direct confirmation this year that the disease is being carried by mosquitoes in Maine. The […]

BIDDEFORD – From what started at a small production space at home, Robin’s Confections has a new space at 586 Alfred St. in Biddeford where handmade candies and treats are both created and sold. Husband and wife owners, Bob and Kate Gartland ,along with their daughter and  head confectioner, Robin Kennedy, are the working team […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Krasinski comes across in conversation as a disarming match to his screen image, the sort of easy-going, decent guy he played on TV’s “The Office” and in the romantic comedy “Away We Go.” Make that his former image. In a burst of creative versatility, he’s fashioned himself into an acclaimed […]

WATERBORO — Those who drive Old Alfred Road, dodging potholes and bumps, will have a smoother ride this fall. Selectmen on Tuesday agreed that even though the Maine Department of Transportation won’t be contributing to the road repair project, the town will go ahead and get it done this fall. The cost to apply one-inch […]

ALFRED — A two-car collision at the intersection of Gore and Gile roads on Wednesday morning sent two people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Alfred Fire & Rescue Public Information Officer Jarrett Clarke. The department was dispatched to the intersection in north Alfred just after 9:35 a.m. for a report of […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House counsel Don McGahn, a consequential insider in President Donald Trump’s legal storms and successes and a key figure in the administration’s handling of the Russia investigation, will be leaving in the fall, the president announced Wednesday. McGahn’s exit continues the churn of top officials as the administration sets records for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is accusing Google and other U.S. tech companies of rigging search results about him “so that almost all stories & news is BAD” — and though he is offering no evidence, a top adviser says the White House is “taking a look” at whether Google should face federal regulation. […]

YORK COUNTY — With heat indexes rising to record highs, local schools are taking precautions as they prepare to begin the school year. Meteorologist Tom Hawley with the National Weather Service in Gray said a heat advisory was in effect for York County on Tuesday and Wednesday. The heat index — the perceived temperature when […]

A 39-year-old Buxton man was killed Tuesday when his SUV slammed into a tractor-trailer on the Bernard Rines Bypass in Gorham. Gorham police on Wednesday morning identified the victim as Jason Bressette. Bressette was driving a Ford Explorer when it crossed the centerline and hit a truck carrying fuel around 5:30 a.m. Bressette was alone in his […]

BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — New England’s lobster fishermen are being asked to keep an eye out for tagged lobsters that are part of a survey of the valuable crustaceans. The lobsters are tagged with green bars that say “SNECVTS” and black acoustic tags. They are part of a tagging program that’s part of a southern […]