BIDDEFORD — Two York County stores are going to get a lot greener. Ocean State Job Lot is investing $14 million throughout its stores New England and elsewhere, including those in Biddeford and Sanford, for LED lighting and lighting control systems upgrades. The lighting improvements will be installed in the company’s 131 retail locations, that […]

SANFORD — City Hall in Sanford will be replacing some old boilers and retrofitting new ones to burn natural gas, rather than # 2 heating oil. The change comes as Unitil extends its natural gas pipeline to the downtown area and beyond. Parts of south Sanford have had natural gas for some time. In 2017, […]

Saco Deputy Police Chief Jack Clements takes a turn at the dunk tank at the National Night Out event at the Memorial Recreation Fields in Saco on Tuesday night.  

Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills are locked in a dead heat in the Maine governor’s election, according to a new poll by Suffolk University in Boston. In the race for the U.S. Senate, incumbent Angus King, an independent, holds a commanding lead, with 52 percent saying they would vote for him if the […]

Maine efforts to expand its lucrative baby eel fishery by increasing its annual quota by 20 percent were shot down Wednesday. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the interstate body that oversees the American eel fishery, cited the “depleted” state of the stock when it rejected the proposal. Licensed Maine elver fishermen are currently allowed […]

Donato Tramuto, CEO of Tivity Health, speaks Tuesday during the summit at the Westin Portland Harborview. He cited studies showing that loneliness has negative health effects as serious as smoking, obesity and alcohol abuse, and called for increased awareness of the need for programs to address social isolation. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette The vast […]

State Treasurer Terry Hayes, left, is running for governor as an independent while Attorney General Janet Mills is the Democratic nominee. Gov. Paul LePage is calling on Attorney General Janet Mills and State Treasurer Terry Hayes to resign or take leaves of absence from their respective positions in state government while they run for governor. […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town of Old Orchard Beach has continued a moratorium on medical marijuana caregiver storefronts, but has put on hold any plans for an ordinance to regulate such businesses in light of upcoming state laws. The Town Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to extend a moratorium on registered medical marijuana caregiver […]

BIDDEFORD — An endowment fund established by Catholic parishioners in Maine is helping qualified families to register children to attend St. James School this fall. According to Good Shepherd Parish Monsignor René Mathieu, the five-year “Strengthening the Heartbeat of the Church Capital Campaign” created an endowment fund for Maine Catholic Schools and the intention of the endowment […]

NEW GLOUCESTER — Emergency responders are crediting bystanders who trained in CPR with saving the life of a 4-year-old Portland boy who nearly drowned Monday afternoon while swimming in Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester. The boy was swimming at a floating dock about 150 feet off Outlet Beach wearing inflatable armbands. The boy, whose name was not […]