LEWISTON (AP) — Actor Patrick Dempsey is offering to have dinner with five, randomly selected individuals who raise money for families affected by cancer. The Sun Journal reports that those who raise more than $1,000 by Sept. 1 for what’s known as the Dempsey Challenge could be picked for the dinner. Dempsey is the creator of the […]

SACO — A hand tool manufacturer based in Saco has introduced a new product developed specifically for advanced plastic scale modelers. According to a press release, Xuron Corp. of Saco has come up with a new handy tool kit to let modelers cut sprues cleanly and precisely while holding and placing tiny parts, and cutting photo-etched […]

ROCKLAND — The decision by the executive board of the Maine Lobster Festival to strip the Sea Goddess of her crown created a firestorm that made festival organizers fear for their safety. More than 10,000 comments and messages have been sent to the Maine Lobster Festival since The Courier-Gazette reported Thursday evening that Taylor Hamlin, […]

A seal pup stranded off Long Sands Beach was rescued after drawing a crowd of onlookers Friday. The young harbor seal was rescued by a team from Marine Mammals of Maine, a Bath nonprofit organization that rescues marine mammals and sea turtles. It was the organization’s 234th response this year. The rescue team collected and […]

BERLIN (AP) — Determining why a vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps will be challenging since the 79-year-old aircraft did not have black boxes and was traveling in an area without frequent radar readings when it plunged into a mountain, killing all 20 of the people on board, investigators said Sunday. The Junkers Ju-52 […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dodged an apparent assassination attempt when drones armed with explosives detonated while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers being broadcast live on television, officials said. Caught by surprise mid-speech, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, looked up at the sky and winced Saturday after […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Stewart is boldly going where he’s been before — “Star Trek.” CBS All Access said Saturday Stewart has been tapped to headline a new “Star Trek” series, reprising his “Star Trek: New Generation” character, Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The new series is not a “New Generation” reboot but will tell the […]

The prosecution’s challenge: Proving a woman’s death was a ‘foreseeable consequence’ of an attempted burglary. A jury trial will begin this week for a burglary suspect who is accused of causing a Wells woman’s fatal heart attack during an attempted break-in three years ago. Carlton L. Young, 26, of Sanford is charged with felony murder and manslaughter, […]

The body of a man reported missing on Moosehead Lake was found by Maine Warden Service divers Saturday afternoon. The body of Robert Hammond, 66, of Hanson, Massachusetts, was located about 12:45 p.m., warden service Lt. Kevin Adam said in a statement. Hammond’s boat was found Thursday afternoon near the southern end of Moose Island on the […]

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state’s favorite son, savaging NBA star LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided the intelligence of one of the nation’s most prominent African-American men. Melania Trump’s spokeswoman quickly distanced the first lady from the […]