The Secret Service and Windham police are investigating a local business and its associates in connection with a counterfeiting scheme that may have produced tens of thousands of dollars in fake bills that were used to buy heroin and cocaine. A Cumberland County judge granted a search warrant in late April to a Windham detective […]

Two men were arrested at a Lincoln motel for selling methamphetamine, Maine State Police said Saturday. Maine drug agents and police searched a room Friday at the Briarwood Motor Inn and arrested Jared Fogg, 27, of Florida and Maine, and Rogelio Rios, 29, of Florida. Police seized 125 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 42 grams of […]

The causeway to Mackworth Island in Falmouth reopened Friday and a Portland rowing club said it will get back on the water with help from Waynflete after most of its boats were damaged by a powerful “down burst” that swept through the area Tuesday, downing power lines, uprooting trees and capsizing sailboats. The Portland Community Rowing Association […]

An autopsy conducted Saturday in a Hampden murder investigation has concluded that the victim died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, Maine State Police said Saturday. Philip Clark Photo courtesy of Maine State Police Philip Clark, 55, of 557 Kennebec Road in Hampden, was charged with murder Friday in the death of the woman who lived in […]

SOUTH PARIS — Corrections officials are investigating the death of an Oxford County Jail inmate who died four days after suffering self-inflicted injuries at the lockup. According to his obituary, Scott A. Britton, 47, of South Paris died Tuesday at Maine Medical Center in Portland. The cause of death was not immediately available Friday. Oxford […]

Children from St. Demetrius Greek church in Saco dance at the church’s annual festival. There is plenty of Greek food, and festivities include dancing and children’s activities. The festival continues tonight until 9 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve Russian military intelligence officers hacked into the Clinton presidential campaign and the Democratic Party and released tens of thousands of private communications in a sweeping conspiracy by the Kremlin to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election, according to an indictment announced days before President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after going off the air, “Downton Abbey” is coming back as a movie. Focus Features said Friday that it will this summer begin production on a “Downton” film that will reunite the Crawley family on the big screen. Series creator Julian Fellowes wrote the screenplay and will produce. The […]

TURNBERRY, Scotland (AP) — A roving press conference. Reporters piling into golf carts and running along fairways trying to keep up. A protester scattering golf balls marked with swastikas. The last time Donald Trump traveled to Scotland was in 2016, hours after the Brexit vote and shortly after he became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. […]