ALFRED — An Old Orchard Beach resident convicted of killing his grandmother is asking for a lesser sentence. Derek Poulin, 29, was sentenced in 2015 to a life sentence for murder and a concurrent 30-year sentence for arson. In Maine, those sentenced to life in prison must serve the full sentence, as there is no […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was charged Monday with a sex crime against a third woman, as New York prosecutors continue building cases against the former Hollywood studio boss whose downfall ushered in the #MeToo movement. Manhattan’s district attorney announced the charges in an updated indictment, saying Weinstein performed a forcible sex act on […]

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — The Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali erupted Monday evening, ejecting a 2,000-meter-high (6,560-foot-high) column of thick ash and hurling lava down its slopes. The Indonesian geological agency’s Agung monitoring post said explosions from the mountain began just after 9 p.m. and lasted more than 7 minutes. […]

YORK COUNTY — Whether you’re in Old Orchard Beach or Sanford, the Kennebunks or in Waterboro, or in a community nearby, it is time to celebrate America’s birthday. There’s a water ski show and fireworks this evening in a Sanford and a parade down the city’s Main Street on the 4th of July. There’s a […]

SANFORD — By 8 a.m., some pickers had already filled their boxes with sweet red, juicy strawberries — picking early to beat the heat and humidity. Others were just arriving, ready to pick the fruit that signals summer like no other, and then go home to make jam, or shortcake. The season for picking began […]

BIDDEFORD — Sixteen days after Pamela Webb’s pickup truck was found abandoned on the Maine Turnpike in Biddeford  in 1989, her body was found 111 miles away in Franconia, New Hampshire. Maine State Police say Webb, 32, of Winthrop, was murdered. They have not said how she died. Monday marked the 29th anniversary of the […]

MIAMI (AP) — It had been nearly two months since Buena Ventura Martin Godinez has seen her 7-year-old daughter after the frightened young mother was separated from her family trying to cross from Mexico into the U.S. They’ve spoken tearfully by phone, but seeing her at a Miami airport Sunday for the first time, she […]

ALFRED — Now in its 250th anniversary year, Sanford has found a new track to a better future after intensive analysis of its problems and quality of life. The horizon shows it is soon to reap some large rewards when a new high school opens in October and a new broadband network is completed this fall […]

BUXTON — The Buxton Common (website, Facebook, Instagram), a new restaurant, tavern and smokehouse in Buxton, is officially open for business. Designed to be a welcoming gathering spot for the growing Buxton community, the 74-seat casual restaurant is located at 1420 Long Plains Road in a newly renovated 18th century home (formerly the Mustard House antique shop). The brain child of Max Brody, a […]

DAYTON —  For York County Fish and Game Association Public Relations Chairman Mike Doherty, safety is the top priority. Doherty, of North Berwick, and his girlfriend, Deborah Morton, were hosting a falling plates shooting event on Sunday at the association, located at 600 Goodwins Mills Road. The events, typically held a few times a month, begin […]