SACO — Saco Middle School teacher Noelle Gallant was awarded a $2,000 grant from the BookLove foundation to restock her classroom library. Since 2013, the BookLove foundation, headquartered in North Conway, New Hampshire, has given $365,000 in grants to teachers in the United States and Canada. This year, the foundation granted 60 classroom library […]

SACO (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to use nearly $12 million on dredging projects in Maine in the coming fiscal year. Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the money will help pay for critically important dredging projects in harbors and rivers in the state. Most of […]

AUGUSTA — Maine emergency medical service officials have decided to more broadly share information about the care patients receive following recent legislation and the recommendations of physicians who oversee the system. Physicians say the change will improve their ability to assess how patients are being treated across the state’s emergency service regions. Even so, some […]

Cynthia Thayer was in the yard at Darthia Farm in Gouldsboro last week when the U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle pulled up the drive. The agents who got out were armed and wearing body armor. Thayer said they did not draw their weapons at any point or ask about citizenship. They made small talk […]

A man was in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland late Friday night after being shot by state troopers following a 20-hour standoff in Dixmont that trapped neighbors in their homes for hours and included multiple exchanges of gunfire. Michael Grendell, 61, barricaded himself in his house on Thursday, according to Stephen McCausland, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A part owner of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” is suing Ed Sheeran for $100 million after getting blocked from a similar lawsuit brought by other copyright owners. Both lawsuits say the British songwriter copied parts of the soul classic for his Grammy-winning hit “Thinking Out Loud.” A lawyer for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump lit up when a 3-year-old boy darted out of “Family Unit 8” at a migrant center in Tucson, Arizona. “Hello!” said the first lady, brightening amid the semicircle of eight cells in a short-term holding center for migrants. “How are you?” Mrs. Trump, an immigrant and a mother herself, wanted […]

AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Environmental Protection is confirming the discovery of Eurasian water milfoil by a Courtesy Boat Inspector on a boat entering Pennesseewassee Lake in Norway and urges boaters to clean, drain, and dry boats, anchor lines and fishing gear before and after launching in Maine waters. The plant was intercepted May 31 by […]

BIDDEFORD — Jewish Congregation Etz Chaim of Biddeford has announced its summer schedule. Cantor Beth Strassler will be leading Friday evening Shabbat services on July 6 and Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. Saturday Shabbat services will be held on July 21 and Aug. 18 beginning at 9:30 am. Refreshments will be served after each service. […]

SANFORD — A crew of volunteers from UNUM participated in the recent United Way Day of Caring. Two of the many Waban group homes benefited from these annual efforts. Staff from Waban’s Morrell’s Mill Home and volunteers from UNUM raked, weeded and mulched to give the homes a great head start for the summer season, […]