ALFRED — A York County Superior Court jury began deliberations late Monday afternoon on whether Timothy Ortiz murdered Jonathan Methot or shot him in self-defense. Ortiz’s trial began Wednesday, nearly two years after he shot Methot in the face in a Biddeford drug den. Methot, a 30-year-old who worked making pallets at a plant in […]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas charitable organization says 32 immigrant parents separated from their children after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border were freed into its care, but they don’t know where their kids are or when they might see them again despite government assurances that family reunification would be well organized. The release on […]

BIDDEFORD — Biddeford City Council has taken a first vote to adopt a downtown parking waiver moratorium, in hopes it will eliminate the train on parking in the downtown until a parking plan can be put in place. The council approved the moratorium on June 19, but, a second vote of approval is necessary before […]

BIDDEFORD — Although the weather could have been better, the 36th La Kermesse Frano-Americaine Festival in Biddeford went off without a hitch over the weekend. Those who attended the block party on Thursday at Mechanics Park, like Andrew and Lisa Shevenell, said that “was a huge success.”’ The block party featured rides, food, musical entertainment […]

BIDDEFORD – The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety and the Maine Department of Transportation have launched a campaign to reduce the number of motor vehicle related pedestrian deaths. “Heads Up! Safety is a Two-Way Street” aims to educate both drivers and pedestrians of their shared responsibility in road safety. The past three years have proven […]

GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park’s newest resident is already an internet celebrity. The 3-week-old female moose calf, who melted hearts across the country in a viral video of her with the dog of the family that found her in northern Maine, is now living at the 40-acre wildlife park off Route 26 in Gray. Park Superintendent […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is telling “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon to “be a man” and stop “whimpering” about the personal anguish he felt over the backlash he received after messing up Trump’s hair during a 2016 campaign appearance on Fallon’s late-night talk show. Fallon recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he “made […]

SACO — The way Saco Public Works Director Patrick Fox sees it, the hottest topic in town other than erosion in Camp Ellis is the traffic congestion that plagues Route 112, frustrating drivers and raising concerns about public safety both on local streets and the Maine Turnpike. The congestion – an issue for well over […]

AUGUSTA — The new owner of the former St. Mark’s Episcopal Church property envisions the spectacular, though recently neglected, granite-and-marble church as a community gathering space where people from all walks of life can talk, listen to music, get married or take part in other events. Adam F. Turner, who grew up in Chelsea, most […]

WARREN — A 28-year-old inmate at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren died Sunday, the Maine Department of Corrections announced Sunday evening. Dana R. Bartlett of Lewiston died shortly before 6 p.m. at the facility known as the prison farm. A suspected cause of death was not released. The Corrections Department said that, consistent with […]