A diver from the Maine Warden Service recovered the body of a 17-year-old Freeport boy who drowned Friday after using a rope swing on the Saco River in Buxton. Steel Crawford, who was swimming with friends at Pleasant Point Park, let go of the rope swing and landed awkwardly in deep water and never surfaced, […]

AUBURN — Opponents of state laws that legalize medication-assisted suicide and require Medicaid and private insurers to cover abortions are enlisting some of the state’s largest Christian churches to gather enough voter signatures to put the laws on hold before they go into effect next month. Carroll Conley, executive director of the Christian Civic League […]

YORK – A Massachusetts man drowned while swimming at Long Sands Beach in York late Thursday afternoon, police said. York police Sgt. John Lizanecz identified the man in a news release as Kenneth Frank Lombardo Jr., 42, of Woburn. The police department’s dispatch center started receiving multiple calls around 4:38 p.m. alerting authorities to a […]

SACO – A federal judge Thursday ordered a company allegedly created to help facilitate a scheme to steal lobsters to pay a civil judgment of more than $4.5 million. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Sea Salt, a Saco restaurant and lobster wholesaler, against a former employee and part owner over lobsters allegedly […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City judge rejected actor Cuba Gooding Jr.’s request to have his groping case thrown out. Judge Phyllis Chu said in a written ruling this week that conflicting accounts of the accusations against the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star should be resolved at a trial starting Sept. 3. An attorney […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Artists from throughout the state and beyond will be scattered around Ocean Park over the next few days, capturing the beauty of the seaside community on canvas. The sixth annual Art in the Park, sponsored by the Ocean Park Association, will be held from Sunday though Wednesday. It’s a plein air […]

BUXTON – Weather forecasters say today will be sunny – a perfect day for a parade, and the annual Dorcas Fest in Buxton, which features an array of events, an early evening concert by the Mallett Brothers, and fireworks. Dorcas Fest – an annual event of the Dorcas Society, takes place at Tory Hill Corner […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors on Friday filed a terrorist threat charge against a 20-year-old man who said he walked into a Missouri store wearing body armor and carrying a loaded rifle and handgun to test whether Walmart would honor his constitutional right to bear arms. The incident, just days after 22 people were killed […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Want to know what’s up in Old Orchard Beach? The answer is just a phone call away. Earlier this year, the Old Orchard Beach Community Friendly Connection, a community group that strives to make the town a good place to work, play and live for all ages, launched What’s Up OOB, […]