FREEMAN TOWNSHIP — A local man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon, according to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Flint York, 56, was traveling north on his 2005 Harley-Davidson on West Freeman Road at 4:26 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a corner and ran off the west side of the road, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer secretly recorded Trump discussing a potential payment for a former Playboy model’s account of having an affair with him, people familiar with an investigation into the attorney said on Friday. The recording by attorney Michael Cohen adds to questions about whether Trump tried to quash […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Taylor Swift brought her explosive Reputation Tour to the MetLife Stadium on Friday and will make history as the first female artist to play three consecutive shows at the venue when she performs Saturday and Sunday. Swift was energetic and excited during her two-hour-plus show at the stadium, home to […]

BIDDEFORD — Concerns about pedestrian safety on Main Street Biddeford have led to the installation of a new planter being used to slow traffic on one section of the street. Depending on public feedback, up to 30 such planters may be installed along Main Street as other improvements in the area are made. The planter […]

  KENNEBUNK — In the midst of a dreadful winter, local carpenter, artist and humorist John Getchell had a flash of creative inspiration in a big box store. It was March 2015, and Getchell saw a marque sign for sale in Sam’s Club. He looked at it and thought, “It will be my analog twitter.” He […]

BIDDEFORD — A new addition has come to Biddeford with the promise of local, quality brands and products. Owners Danielle O’Neill and Ali Preble, both Maine natives, have come together to create a new company with much to offer to Biddeford and nearby communities. O’Neill and Preble met while attending Southern Maine Community Center’s culinary […]

  WASHINGTON — The maker of a permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports and repeated safety restrictions by regulators said Friday that it will stop selling the device in the U.S., the only country where it remains available.Bayer said the safety of its Essure implant has not changed, but it will stop […]

School districts in Maine will now be allowed to choose whether to use proficiency-based diplomas or other graduation standards under a bill that has become law. The bill, represent a significant rollback of the graduation standardsthat were going to be required for this year’s freshman class. Under a law passed in 2012, students would have been […]

It looks like Stormy Daniels is blowing into town. A marquee at a Portland adult nightclub says the porn star – who alleges she’s had sex with President Trump – will be appearing for two days in September. A woman answering the phone at PT’s Showclub on Riverside Drive confirmed that Stormy Daniels, whose real […]