THE EVOLUTION OF USM 1878: Gorham Normal School founded 1921: Portland University opens 1933: Portland University merges with Portland Junior College 1945: Name of Gorham Normal School is changed to Gorham State Teachers College 1947: After closing for World War II, Portland Junior College reopens and purchases the Deering Estate, which is now the Portland campus 1957: Portland Junior College joins […]

AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage is urging employers to push for the repeal of a new law that relaxes work-search requirements for Mainers who experience short-term job layoffs. The new law exempts laid-off employees from work-search requirements in Maine’s unemployment insurance law for up to six weeks, provided that their employers set a specific date […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump accused his former lawyer Michael Cohen of lying under pressure of prosecution as his White House grappled with allegations that the president had orchestrated a campaign cover-up to buy the silence of two women who claimed he had affairs with them. Confronting mounting legal and political threats, Trump took […]

BIDDEFORD — The Maine Department of Transportation is slated to receive $2.29 million in federal funding to help purchase electric buses to service the greater Portland area.  U.S First District Representative Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, made the announcement in a written statement on Tuesday. MDOT worked with the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, Greater Portland Metro […]

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) — Grammy-winning country music star Gretchen Wilson has been arrested at a Connecticut airport after police say she became “belligerent” toward troopers. The 45-year-old “Redneck Woman” singer from Lebanon, Tennessee, was charged with breach of peace Tuesday evening at Bradley International Airport, near Hartford. State police say troopers initially responded to […]

Westbrook police are asking the public to help locate a teenager who is believed to have run away from home on Monday. Bridget Kelley, 16, was last seen wearing jeans and a burgundy zip-up sweatshirt, police said. “Her parents really want her home,” said Westbrook Police Capt. Sean Lally. If anyone has information about her […]

The Coast Guard is offering a cash reward for information about the theft of bells from navigational buoys off the Maine coast. Bells have been stolen from nine buoys in Penobscot Bay in the past nine months, according to the Coast Guard. The most recent theft was a 371-pound bell assembly taken from the White […]

BIDDEFORD — Four people were rescued from Fortunes Rocks after getting stuck in a riptide on Wednesday afternoon. Biddeford Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Duross said crews responded to a call at the beach at 3:50 p.m. Duross said rescue crews from Biddeford, Saco and Scarborough as well as the Maine Marine Patrol and the Coast Guard […]

ACTON — Mary Yeaton of Acton held up a pan of cinnamon rolls she’s entered into the King Arthur Flour baking contest. The contest is relatively new, and is proving to be popular. The rolls look tasty — and so do the entries made by others. There are some new events and competitions at the […]