A Wilton man out on bail on charges of trafficking in illegal drugs was arrested early Monday morning in Readfield after a traffic stop in which his female passenger allegedly concealed heroin for him. Jeremy Wagner Anderson, 34, was arrested by Kennebec County Sheriff’s officers and charged with aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, unlawful possession […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Maine Green Power program is seeking residents and business owners in the city who want to help subsidize the expansion of renewable energy generation in the state. The program kicked off its South Portland Green Power District Challenge in July, mailing out fliers that aimed to drum up at least 100 […]

BIDDEFORD – In November, elections for Biddeford mayor, city councilors, School Committee members and more will be held. As of Monday afternoon, at least two people had taken out nomination papers to run for mayor, including incumbent mayor, Alan Casavant, and a number of others had taken out papers to run for various other offices. […]

Proposed “people’s vetoes” of several measures adopted by the Maine Legislature this year are generating more uncertainty than usual after the secretary of state reinterpreted the law governing referendum questions and told petitioners they would go on the ballot in March instead of June, as he had originally said. The initiatives include efforts to overturn laws […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration moved on Monday to weaken how it applies the 45-year-old Endangered Species Act, ordering changes that critics said will speed the loss of animals and plants at a time of record global extinctions . The action, which expands the administration’s rewrite of U.S. environmental laws, is the latest that targets protections, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The details of how Jeffrey Epstein died in his Manhattan jail cell over the weekend have yet to be released, but medical officials have performed an autopsy on the high-profile inmate accused of sexually abusing underage girls and paying them hundreds of dollars in cash for massages. Epstein’s abrupt death Saturday […]

BIDDEFORD POOL — French portrait artist Anne-François de Sérilly will present his most recent body of work called “Tryst on the Beach“ at the Biddeford Pool Community Center from Aug. 19 to Sept. 3, his first such exhibit ever in the United States. Participants can expect waves and windjammers similar to Maine tradition, however, Sérilly’s sensual […]

BUXTON — There was a little something for everyone at the Dorcas Fest Community Day, held in the Tory Hill section of Buxton on Saturday. The community festival is an annual event of the The Dorcas Society of Buxton and Hollis, a nonprofit group founded in 1897 by author and Hollis resident Kate Douglas Wiggin […]

HOLLIS — Community members and pirate enthusiasts flocked to the Hollis Sports Complex on Saturday to join the fun of Hollis Community Day Pirate Fest. This was the fourth year the rural town of Hollis, with a population of about 4,500 people, held the festival. The idea to combine the town’s annual community day celebration […]