PORT CLYDE — The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating the death of a man whose body was found Saturday morning in Port Clyde Harbor. Maine Marine Patrol Sgt. Wesley Dean said John Crane IV of Port Clyde was found unresponsive in the water near the Port Clyde Fisherman’s Co-op about 6:20 a.m. Saturday. Good Samaritans […]

BIDDEFORD — Hope Rising, Maine’s first residential treatment program and safe house for survivors of human trafficking, has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Raskob Foundation. The funds will support intensive clinical treatment, including mental health services and substance abuse treatment; as well as life skills development and training; educational support and vocational training; and job readiness […]

WELLS — The Wells Police has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from July 7  to July 21. • Kayla Taylor, 27, of Wells, was arrested on two outstanding warrants following a suspicious activity call the prior evening. She was unable to post the required bail amount and was remanded to […]

YORK COUNTY — Parishes and schools in the Diocese of Portland combined to raise over $62,000 for the Catholic Relief Services’ Rice Bowl program during the forty days of Lent in 2018. CRS Rice Bowl is a faith-in-action program that encourages Catholics to fill cardboard bowls with monetary donations, giving alms to those in need […]

SANFORD — Through its Employee Donation Program, SIS Bank has given $500 to the Hospice of Southern Maine. The mission of Hospice of Southern Maine is to provide compassion, care and comfort through the end of life for patients with life-limiting illnesses, as well as support for their families. Care may be provided at The […]

Portland police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old Portland man who was involved in a three-car crash Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Brighton Avenue and Riverside Street. Police are not classifying the death of Patrick Lobor as a traffic fatality, but have not released additional details about how they believe he died. Lt. […]

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — In the small northern California community of Keswick, only a handful of homes remain. The air is thick with the smell of smoke and chemicals. The rubble of people’s lives still smoldered a day after the so-called Carr Fire moved through Shasta County like a freight train. The flames so thoroughly […]

BIDDEFORD — Installation of the state’s largest solar energy project in Maine will begin this fall in Biddeford. U.S Senator Angus King was on hand Friday afternoon at the Pepperell Mill Campus along with Pepperell Mill Campus CEO Doug Sanford and Revision Energy Co-Founder Phil Coupe to announce a solar project at the former mill […]

ROCKLAND — The state has dropped a drunken-driving case against a Union man in which the chief witness was a former Rockland police officer accused by a judge of dishonesty. A criminal OUI charge against Earle J. Studley was dismissed Wednesday by the district attorney’s office. Studley had pleaded guilty in March 2015 to charges […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A fire that originated in the kitchen damaged an apartment Friday morning in Old Orchard Beach. Firefighters responded to a report of a fire at 19 Ocean Ave. around 11 a.m. on Friday, according to a press release from Deputy Fire Chief Rich Kindelan. Crews arrived on scene, found light smoke […]