SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — A year-old boy who became a poster child for the U.S. policy of separating immigrants and their children was on his way home to the arms of his parents Friday, five months after he was taken from his father at the U.S. border.Johan Bueso Montecinos was on a jet bound […]

BIDDEFORD — Mike St. Pierre, founder and Chief Executive Officer for Hyperlite, gives a tour to 30 students from the Baltic American Freedom Foundation Leadership Academy. The students are from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and toured Hyperlite’s Biddeford production facility while learning about entrepreneurship.  ANGELA PAOLUCCI/Journal Tribune  

The operators of Maine Duck Tours say they are reviewing all safety and weather policies following a duck boat accident in Missouri that killed 17 people. The Missouri boat, operated by Ride the Ducks Branson, capsized Thursday night when a strong thunderstorm swept across a lake near Branson. Authorities said 17 people, including some children, were killed […]

PHIPPSBURG — A 59-year-old Phippsburg woman was treated at a Brunswick hospital Thursday afternoon after she was hit in the head twice with a frying pan by a man to whom she rents a room in her home, police said. Phippsburg police responded to the home on Parker Head Road, near Popham Road, shortly before […]

Three Portland men were arrested in the Scarborough Walmart parking lot Wednesday after a police officer found them in possession of a stolen, loaded weapon, a stolen motor vehicle, fentanyl powder, a large amount of counterfeit money, and an embosser machine used to manufacture counterfeit credit cards. They were arrested around 1:45 p.m. after a […]

ALFRED — A New Hampshire suspect has been convicted on charges of child sexual assault by a York County jury. York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery said that Peter Lee Robbins, 42, formerly of Dover, New Hampshire, was convicted by a York County jury late last month following a two-day trial for the unlawful sexual […]

Maine Supreme Judicial Court justices heard lively arguments Wednesday over whether to allow the LePage administration to continue to delay filing plans with federal officials to expand Medicaid while the larger legal case plays out. Chief Justice Leigh Saufley acknowledged that the court faced a “procedural conundrum” in hearing an appeal of a lower court ruling ordering […]

PORTLAND — A New York man was convicted Thursday of murdering an Augusta couple as they sat in their vehicle early Christmas Day in 2015. David W. Marble Jr., 32, has been in custody since Dec. 29, 2015, and the jury returned the verdict on the seventh day of Marble’s trial in Cumberland County Superior […]

ALFRED — Supporters of the Parsons Memorial Library are once again stepping away from the shelves and onto the parade grounds with the Library Cart Drill Team. The drill team, which will feature about a dozen people pushing six carts, will be one of the highlights of the Alfred Festival parade, which travels through the […]

SACO — The beach will soon be more accessible for beach goers of all abilities. Age Friendly Saco, a group that promotes active aging and strives to make Saco a better place to live for all ages, was one of six winners of the Maine of the AARP Community Challenge Grant. Age Friendly Saco will […]