OGUNQUIT — Close your eyes and picture those endless 1960s summer days, surfing, and those cool, cool cars nearly everyone calls woodies. Think the Beach Boys music and their album covers — sporting acres of sandy beach, surfboards, and classic automobiles — vintage vehicles with distinctive and beautifully executed wood doors, wood panels or wood […]

BIDDEFORD — Birders drove from as far away as New York – and two women even caught a red-eye flight from Arizona – to get a glimpse of a rare great black hawk in Biddeford on Thursday. The great black hawk is the most unusual bird identified in Maine this year – if not for […]

LIMINGTON — Reports of an explosion led York County Sheriff’s Office deputies to a South Road home on Tuesday. A day later, they charged the homeowner with maintaining a methamphetamine lab. Sarah Goodwin, 38, surrendered to authorities at 5:30 p.m. on  Wednesday, said York County Sheriff William L. King Jr. She is held at York […]

SACO — The city of Saco is not usually associated with monsters, but it that’s all going to change soon. Southern Maine Motors on U.S. Route 1 in Saco is going to host a Monster Truck Appearance and Car Crush Demonstration on Friday, Aug. 17 and Saturday, Aug. 18. The Rammunition Monster Truck will be on […]

AUGUSTA — Hoping to capitalize on voter frustration over growing polarization in politics, a group fueled partly by so-called “dark money” plans to spend $3 million this year to elect independents. But some free-spirited lawmakers are declining their help. Unite America, formerly known as the Centrist Project, is endorsing and providing polling for independent gubernatorial […]

WASHINGTON  — Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military warfighting service by 2020.The proposal taps into the American public’s long fascination with space but with a military focus, and it faces daunting hurdles. […]

Gov. Paul LePage has signed a financial order that grants Maine residents free day use of most state parks and historic sites beginning Saturday, Aug. 11 and running through Labor Day. The governor, in an announcement Thursday, said he took the action to recognize public support for Maine State Parks, which have collectively seen record […]

New Hampshire is trying to get people from neighboring states to liquor stores across the border to stock up for summer parties. From now until Labor Day weekend, out-of-state residents can get discount coupons for purchases at New Hampshire Liquor and Wine outlets across the state. The “No Taxation on our Libations!” promotion gives residents […]

HOLLIS —  A report of a possible drug overdose led to the arrest of 10 people and the discovery of alleged methamphetamine labs in Hollis. At 11:04 p.m. Thursday, Maine State Police Troop responded to a residence at 114 Killick Pond Road to investigate a reported drug overdose. At the scene, officers discovered several active […]