SACO — Eleven seals, all dead, washed up on Saco beaches between Sunday night and Monday morning. Along with the seals, massive amounts of seaweed also washed ashore. Saco Parks and Recreation Department Director Ryan Sommer said eight of the marine mammals were found on the beach at Kinney Shores, the three others were discovered […]

SANFORD — When August rolls around, people here know it is time for the annual Sanford Police Community Cookout. Held in Central Park across Main Street from City Hall, the event draws residents from across the city who drop by for a hot dog or a hamburger and chat with Sanford Police officers. This year’s […]

Central Maine Power has launched a TV ad campaign in an attempt to burnish a reputation tarnished by customer outrage over high bills, a class-action lawsuit and state investigation of its billing and metering practices. In 30- and 60-second spots that started airing on Maine stations Monday, Doug Herling, president and CEO of CMP, apologizes […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman faced off in a messy clash that involved an explosive tell-all book, secret recordings, an ethnic slur and plenty of insults — reviving their roles as reality show boss and villain. Late Monday, Trump tackled Manigault Newman’s claim that she had heard an […]

A fire Sunday afternoon damaged a home and destroyed a shed on Berkshire Road, the fire department said. The blaze began in a shed at 5 Berkshire Road shortly after 1 p.m., said Captain John Brennan. No one was hurt in the fire. Flames extended to the main home which also caught fire, but firefighters […]

WINSLOW — A Waterville man died early Sunday morning in a one-car crash on Augusta Road that left two others – including an infant – with injuries that were not life threatening. Gabriel Stuart, 52, was pronounced dead around 12:39 a.m. at the scene of the crash, Winslow Police Chief Shawn O’Leary said in a […]

The Brunswick Police Department seized 44 dogs and bird from a River Road home Friday and cited the owners for cruelty to animals charges, police said. Police executed a search warrant at the home of dog breeders Robert and Nancy Enman in connection with the cruelty investigation and found the home in dilapidated condition, police […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of a woman killed when a car plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally last summer said Sunday there’s much healing to do a year after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Heather Heyer’s mother, Susan Bro, laid flowers at a makeshift memorial at the site […]

WATERBORO —  Mike Fraser has always had an axe for cutting firewood and working in the woods. As a full-time firefighter, using an axe to help open a roof or some other firefighting task comes as second nature. So a few years ago, he saw an old axe at a yard sale. And then he […]

LONDON (AP) — British actor Idris Elba is stoking speculation he may take over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig steps aside, offering an enigmatic Twitter post that fueled the buzz about him becoming the first black Bond. The star of shows such as “The Wire” and “Luther” on Sunday posted an artistic […]