LIMINGTON —A Limerick motorist apparently lost control of his 2003 Ford Focus and struck a rock outcrop on Sokokis Trail near Dole’s Ridge Road in Limington at about 7 a.m. Thursday, said York County Sheriff William King. The vehicle landed on its roof, King said. King said Nicholas Sargent, 30, was taken to Maine Medical […]

BRUNSWICK — A 95-year-old man used a broken plank to fend off a rabid fox on Monday. Robert Galen is the third person in Brunswick to grapple with a rabid fox in the last 10 days. Two residents were attacked on June 17. That fox was killed by a police officer. Galen has lived in his […]

LEWISTON — Neither the adult chaperones nor the lifeguard at Range Pond State Park saw Rayan Issa in distress or struggling in the water when he drowned during a Lewiston Middle School outing on June 12, according to a report conducted for the Lewiston School Department. However, students playing football in the water with Rayan […]

   A federal judge has for the second time ordered the Trump administration to turn over documents to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap related to his participation on a presidential commission on voting integrity. The order, issued Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., rejects the commission’s contention that Dunlap […]

SANFORD   – A 22 year-old man who was suffering from an apparent knife wound to the chest was taken  by helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland Wednesday evening. Police identified the victim as Austin Murphy, who lives at 54 Emery Street, an apartment building near the intersection with Pioneer Avenue. “The injury to Mr. […]

Members of a committee that helped develop a logo and tagline for Saco – Saco Curriculum Coordinator Julie Smyth, City Councilor Marshall Archer, City of Saco Marketing and Communications Specialist Emily Roy, Saco Main Street Treasurer Bette Brunswick and Saco Parks and Recreation Deputy Director Erika Dube – at the unveiling of the logo at […]

YORK COUNTY — The holiday that is perhaps most associated with fireworks — Independence Day, July 4 — is fast approaching. While many communities hold fireworks displays produced by a professional, a 2012 change in Maine law allows residents in some communities to hold their own. In advance of July 4, some communities have put out […]

LYMAN — Deputy Chief Chad Johnston is retiring from Goodwins Mills Fire-Rescue after 30 years of service. Goodwins Mills Fire-Rescue serves the towns Lyman and Dayton and Johnston has been a familiar face at the fire station for decades. Johnston, 44, began his service 30 years ago, when he was 14, as a junior firefighter. […]

WATERBORO — No one knows exactly how it transpired but back in 2000, Waterboro sold the same piece of town-owned property twice. None of the municipal officials involved are still affiliated with Town Hall — and two of the three-member selectmen’s board of the time have died. Assessor Shirley Bartlett said records show the second homeowner […]

  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to Democratic-leaning organized labor.The court’s conservative majority, re-empowered by Justice Neil Gorsuch, scrapped a 41-year-old decision that had allowed states to require that public employees […]