WELLS — Wells police are warning consumers about scammers posting fake vacation rental advertisements on Craigslist. “We have received numerous calls about vacation rental scams on Craigslist. It is getting harder for people to determine if a rental listing is a scam or not,” police stated on the department’s Facebook page on Tuesday. Police advise […]

BUXTON — Harry Weymouth joined Buxton Fire Department when he was 15 years old. Groveville was the station Weymouth called home. As the years went by, and life changed, he remained a volunteer in Buxton, was a full-time firefighter and paramedic in South Portland and was a registered nurse, putting his skills to work in […]

PORTLAND — A Westbrook man has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges relating to a chain of robberies which include two in Old Orchard Beach. Travis Card, 38, pleaded guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court to interfering and attempting to interfere with commerce by robbery, according to a press release from Assistant U.S. […]

ROCKLAND — The 2018 Maine Sea Goddess was forced to step down less than 24 hours after she was crowned because of photos she posted on social media that were forwarded to Maine Lobster Festival organizers. Taylor Hamlin said she strenuously tried to convince the festival officials that the photos did not warrant her stepping […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion, the financial fruit of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets. The milestone reached Thursday marks the latest triumph of a trend-setting company that two mavericks named Steve started in a Silicon Valley […]

SANFORD — Voters in Ward 3 in November may be casting their ballots in a different location. Ward 3 consists largely of south Sanford. Voters in the ward have been casting ballots at Curtis Lake Church on Westview Drive for the last several years. But as the church expanded its programming over time, space that […]

ARUNDEL — Law enforcement officials say an allegedly impaired driver with a suspended license narrowly missed hitting a York County Sheriff’s deputy conducting a traffic stop on Thursday night. Lindsey Richards of Saco, 36, was taken into custody and charged with operating under the influence, operating after suspension, driving to endanger and violating conditions of […]

RUMFORD — One of the teenage sisters who were hospitalized after being attacked by a pit bull Wednesday will require a second surgery on her leg, the girls’ mother said. Alicia Mitchell spoke by phone Thursday from Central Maine Medical Center, where her daughters were sharing a room. She said her 17-year-old daughter, Vicki, would […]

Maine State Police have arrested the driver of a pickup truck who allegedly attacked a couple and their two children Sunday in Sedgewick. Troopers were called to a home on Graytown Road around 7 p.m. to investigate what they are calling a road rage incident, state police said in a release posted on their Facebook […]