BIDDEFORD — To help make it easier for area residents to apply for a U.S, passport, the Biddeford Post Office at 100 Alfred St. will offer extended hours for that purpose on Saturday, July 21. Postal clerks will be available to process applications and take photographs for 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. No appointments […]

KENNEBUNK – For the sixth year in a row, the Animal Welfare Society has earned a four-star ranking from Charity Navigator, the leading independent evaluator of non-profits. AWS received the highest possible rating, and ranking was based on fiscal responsibility, transparency and accountability. “Attaining a four-star rating verifies that Animal Welfare Society exceeds industry standards […]

HELSINKI (AP) — President Donald Trump blamed the United States, and not Russian election meddling or the country’s annexation of Crimea, for a low-point in U.S.-Russia relations hours before a summit with Vladimir Putin that played out against a backdrop of fraying Western alliances, a new peak in the Russia investigation and fears that Moscow’s […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman has been charged with 11 felonies stemming from the hacking of the email of Selena Gomez and one of the singer’s associates. Los Angeles County prosecutors said Friday that 21-year-old Susan Antrach of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, has been charged with five identity-theft counts, five fraud counts and one […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — At the beginning of 2017, one of Julian Assange’s biggest media boosters traveled to the WikiLeaks founder’s refuge inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London and asked him where he got the leaks that shook up the U.S. presidential election only months earlier. Fox News host Sean Hannity pointed straight to the purloined […]

A 67-year-old Buxton man suffered life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle accident Saturday on Riverside Street in Portland, police said Sunday. David York was operating his motorcycle at 3:09 p.m. Saturday when it crashed near 536 Riverside St., police said. He was taken to Maine Medical Center, where he was listed in serious condition Sunday night. […]

A Lewiston woman was fatally stabbed in front of her two young children Sunday morning on the sidewalk outside a downtown laundromat, Maine State Police said. One of several bystanders who witnessed the attack tackled the man who stabbed Kimberly Dobbie, holding him until Lewiston police arrived, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine […]

BIDDEFORD — Shevenell Park is a pocket park at 149 Main St., offering a slice of open space where a building once stood. “It’s a great asset,” said Leah Schaffer, who “adopted” the park through the Adopt A Park program, which is run by local economic development group Heart of Biddeford in conjunction with the […]

SACO — Since 1979, the annual GAYLA retreat, held at the Ferry Beach Park Association retreat and conference center, has offered a supportive environment for gay men to relax, build friendships, grow in their spirituality and learn about themselves. The 40th Gayla retreat began July 14 at the oceanside retreat center and continues through July […]