SACO — An African-American man from Saco said he is upset and shaken – and may pursue legal action – because a manager at the Shaw’s in Saco refused to sell him groceries and banned him from the store after he questioned the store’s enforcement of its alcohol ID policy and raised the issue of […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC, which canceled its “Roseanne” revival over its star’s racist tweet, said Thursday it will air a Conner family sitcom minus Roseanne Barr this fall. ABC ordered 10 episodes of the spinoff after Barr relinquished any creative or financial participation in it, which the network had said was a condition of […]

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Immigration enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border was plunged deeper into chaos over President Donald Trump’s reversal of a policy separating immigrant children from parents, causing uncertainty for both migrant families and the federal agencies in charge of prosecuting and detaining them. A senior Trump administration official said that about 500 of […]

BIDDEFORD  — The wait is over. One of the most popular events each year in Biddeford is back in town. The La Kermesse Franco Americaine Festival begins Friday evening with a full schedule of activities. Here’s a quick rundown of events for Friday: The Annual La Kermesse Parade begins at 6 p.m. Friday Parade Route: […]

State bean counters got a surprise this year: unusually vigorous winter spending on merchandise and lodging that seems fueled by online retailers. In the first two months of 2018, sales of some merchandise and lodging grew by double digits, adding more than $4 million to the state’s sales tax coffers, compared with the same period […]

BIDDEFORD — The city will long remember their accomplishments and during the La Kermesse Festival events on Friday evening, the inaugural Biddeford Hall of Fame class will take its rightful place in history. In announcing the creation of the Hall of Fame earlier this year, Diane Cyr, president of the Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center, […]

AUGUSTA — Both houses of the Maine Legislature have voted to approve funding to extend Medicaid to an estimated 70,000 residents, potentially undercutting Gov. Paul LePage’s argument against implementing the voter-approved expansion. In a separate action Wednesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court granted LePage’s request to stay a lower court’s order that would have required him to […]

AUGUSTA — One gubernatorial hopeful and 220 legislative candidates who are counting on public campaign funds are in limbo in Maine. State lawmakers argued Thursday over fixing a mistake preventing the release of the money.Lawmakers continued trying to hash out a deal that could satisfy House Republicans who are ideologically opposed to public campaign funding. Such a […]

A York resident has been sentenced to four years in prison for operating a multimillion-dollar investment fraud scheme and failing to file federal income tax returns, a New Hampshire federal prosecutor said Thursday. William Bischoff, 76, defrauded more than two dozen clients of his financial advisory business from 2009 through 2017 by falsely promising to […]

SHAPLEIGH — The York County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in identifying a woman suspected of removing returnable bottles from a collection bin at Shapleigh Memorial School on Route 11. York County Sheriff William King said surveillance video captured the woman’s image multiple times — at 5:30 p.m. June 2; at 12:53 and 5:18 p.m. on […]