A man who fell off his Jet Ski in the Sheepscot River off MacMahan Island late Saturday morning was rescued by local fishermen before being taken to Maine Medical Center. The man’s identity was not being released Saturday night until Marine Patrol could notify his family, according to Maine Department of Marine Resources spokesman Jeff […]
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Missing Newfield man found safe
NEWFIELD – A 63-year-old Newfield man missing since around 11 a.m. Saturday was found safe about 7 p.m., about eight hours after he was last seen on Demeritt Road in West Newfield. David Penney was found safe by the Maine Warden Service, said Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland. After a preliminary search and interviews […]
‘Operation Clear Track’ arrives at Wells railroad crossings
WELLS – Motorists traveling Burnt Mill Road or Bragdon Road on Tuesday in Wells will be seeing police officers stationed near the grade level railroad crossings. The officers will be there handing out information on railroad safety as part of Operation Clear Track, an initiative designed to raise awareness and enforce state railroad crossing and […]
Special gathering to salute 80 years of Kennebunk Twirlers
KENNEBUNK — Past and current Kennebunk Twirlers will perform together at the their 80th anniversary celebration on Oct. 12. The event has many reflecting on how much the sport has changed throughout the years. During Kennebunk High School’s homecoming football game, the group will perform the original school song routine on at halftime, said Susan […]
Maine potato growers might need to reduce use of pesticide
PRESQUE ISLE — A crop specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is informing the state’s potato farmers that they might need to reduce use of a widely used pesticide that controls blight. Steven Johnson said national and international changes in the regulation of a fungicide called chlorothalonil could prompt the changes, the Bangor […]
25 years later, a new generation gets immersed in ‘Friends’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Friends” is getting old. Its fans have never been younger. As the sitcom about six twentysomethings marks its 25th anniversary on Sunday, it has spawned a devoted youthful viewership, especially among tween and teen girls who weren’t yet born when it went off the air in 2004. In an era when […]
Justices’ DC sniper case examines teen murderers’ sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices’ eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the now-34-year-old Malvo, […]
Officers seek information on missing Newfield man
NEWFIELD – Maine State Police and the York County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s help in locating a mentally challenged man from Newfield who has been missing since late morning, said Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland. David Penney, 63, was last seen about 11 a.m. Saturday on the Demeritt Road in West Newfield. Penney […]
President Donald Trump draws criticism for urging Ukraine probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said. Democrats condemned what they saw as a clear effort to damage a political rival, now at the heart of an explosive whistleblower complaint against […]
Cape Porpoise Harbor dredging begins in November
KENNEBUNKPORT — A $1.68 million contract has been awarded to a Connecticut company to perform dredging of portions of the Cape Porpoise Harbor in Kennebunkport. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, Coastline Consulting and Development LLC of Branford, Connecticut will use a mechanical dredge and scows to remove material from the Mean […]