Jill Lamontagne says she was just trying to help a troubled student when she exchanged dozens of emails and scores of text messages with the 17-year-old boy. Those online communications – including 94 text messages exchanged over a two-week period – turned into evidence that prosecutors used against her in a criminal trial after the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The trial of President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money flowing through offshore bank accounts and into the political consultant’s pocket. What’s likely to be missing: answers about whether the Trump campaign coordinated with […]

The family of former Deering High School basketball player Patrick Lobor, who died after collapsing Saturday afternoon at the scene of a traffic accident in Portland, said Sunday morning they had been told little about the circumstances of his death. Lobor, 22, was driving one of three vehicles involved in the 1:30 p.m. crash, which […]

BUXTON — A driver operating a 2014 Mazda Miata in a reckless manner on Route 202 in Buxton was arrested after witnesses reported the activity to police. According to Buxton Police Chief Troy Cline, Buxton Police Corporal Frank Pulsoni responded to a report of a vehicle being operated erratically on Narragansett Trail (Route 202) about […]

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of dazed evacuees struggled to keep their emotions in check while trying to take care of themselves and their pets as a deadly wildfire in Northern California raged into its fourth day. Anna Noland, 49, was evacuated twice in three days before learning through video footage that the house she […]

A LaGrange man who allegedly escaped custody, stole a police cruiser and led officers on a high-speed chase in Dexter has been indicted by a Penobscot County grand jury on charges related to the May incident. Tyler Tibbetts, 23, is charged with escape, eluding an officer, driving to endanger, operating after revocation, aggravated criminal mischief, reckless conduct […]

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS said Friday it is investigating personal misconduct claims after the company’s chief executive, Les Moonves, was the subject of a New Yorker story detailing sexual misconduct allegations. The media company said independent members of its board of directors are “investigating claims that violate the company’s clear policies” regarding personal misconduct. […]

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) — A black man yelled at former White House press secretary Sean Spicer in a bookstore and accused Spicer of calling him a racial slur when they were students at a prep school decades ago. Spicer was “taken aback” by the man’s “outrageous claim” and had no recollection of him or of […]

BIDDEFORD —”Plugging Up The Cloud,” a new work on paper is one of the highlights of the Biddeford+Saco ArtWalk and at Engine on Main Street in Biddeford. Created by Portland artist and art educator Kelly McConnell, the exhibit will be on display through Aug. 25. “My paintings are about time, a systematic record of time, […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — First Congregational Church in Kennebunkport is getting a bit of a reputation for music. It might have started when its friends from South Congregational Church gifted the extraordinary 1854 E. & G. Hook Organ to its members. Or maybe it was when the church launched its major restoration of the organ in 2016 and […]