Cumberland County Sheriff’s cruiser was damaged and a Windham woman injured in a two-car crash in Windham on Sunday morning. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said Jenea Eide, 38, was operating a 2013 Nissan west on Tandberg Trail at about 7 a.m. and making a left hand turn into the Irving Little Mart gas station […]

AUGUSTA – Individuals must now be over 21 years old to buy tobacco in Maine, unless they turned 18 as of July 1. Maine joins California, New Jersey, Hawaii and Oregon in raising the legal age for using and buying tobacco products from 18 to 21. Lawmakers last year overrode Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s veto […]

ALFRED — Several RSU 21 teachers turned out early Monday at York County Superior Court in Alfred to voice their support for former Kennebunk High School teacher Jill Lamontagne, who will stand trial today on a number of felony and misdemeanor sex charges involving a student. KHS science teacher Melissa Luetje said the group of […]

LYMAN — Firefighters early Saturday were able to prevent a garage fire from spreading to the main house. The fire, at 84 Clark’s Woods Road, was reported at 4:39 a.m. Goodwin’s Mills Fire Chief Roger Hooper said upon arrival crews found the garage that was attached to a single-family home fully involved in fire. Crews […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A badly decomposed whale carcass washed up in Old Orchard Beach on Sunday. The whale carcass was on the beach near Reggio Avenue. The carcass was torn, with intestines exposed, and had a strong odor. Lynda Doughty, director of Marine Mammals of Maine, a Bath organization that rescues and researches marine mammals […]

KENNEBUNK — One of the top cybersecurity experts in America is joining Plixer and relocating to Kennebunk. Paul Piccard, who had been serving as Senior Director at McAfee in Oregon, has accepted the position of Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice Presdient of Engineering for Plixer, whose mission is to support customers through high-performance network traffic […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan Reynolds has made a triumphant return to San Diego Comic-Con Saturday to promote the release of a “Deadpool 2” extended cut. Speaking to a packed Hall H audience, Reynolds said that the first “Deadpool” was made because of the people in the room. The enthusiasm around footage shown at the […]

Nicole Maines, the Maine schoolgirl who won a landmark court case in 2014 for transgender rights, broke another barrier this weekend when it was announced that she will be the first person to star as a transgender superhero on a network TV series. “I haven’t quite taken it all in yet,” Maines, now 20, said […]

TORONTO (AP) — A man firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes as he walked along a Toronto street shot 14 people, killing one of them, before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police late Sunday, police said. Police Chief Mark Saunders said the shooting in the city’s Greektown neighborhood was not random and […]

SACO — The yellow Grant’s Farm sign with its jolly farmer and blue ribbon seal still hangs over the barn doors. A doghouse, an exact replica of the barn, sits at the edge of the yard, an auction tag dangling from its roof. But the once thriving farm run by Rick Grant is otherwise empty, […]