AUGUSTA – Maine election officials began the laborious process Friday of scanning and downloading hundreds of thousands of voter ballots in preparation for a ranked-choice calculation that will determine who won Tuesday’s Democratic primary for governor. As of Friday morning, couriers had collected ballot boxes and electronic records from more than 300 of Maine’s roughly […]

BIDDEFORD — Beautification efforts in downtown Biddeford are in full swing, with new planters and plans for more new sidewalks. Biddeford will also sponsor a facade improvement program to provide funds for property owners and/or business owners to renovate their buildings. Biddeford has operated a facade program off and on since 2006. Since then it […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Learning about Old Orchard Beach’s history is as simple as taking a walk. The newly installed Museum in the Streets walking tour has added 29 eye-catching signs to the town’s landscape. The signs are located at sites of historic interest, and feature pictures with text in both English and French. There […]

KENNEBUNK — A veteran educator will be nominated to become the new assistant principal at Kennebunk High School. The nomination of William Putnam, who is currently serving as the English Department Teacher Leader, International Baccalaureate Coordinator, and National Honor Society Advisor at Gray-New Gloucester High School, will voted on for approval by the RSU 21 […]

BIDDEFORD — The founder of a sober living program has withdrawn a complaint with the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development that had alleged housing discrimination by the City of Biddeford and its codes officer. The City of Biddeford, in a news release issued Thursday, said Journey House formally withdrew its complaint on June […]

WATERBORO — What is the secret of a long and healthy life? What was our first pet? First job? What is the most significant historical event you remember? Do you remember the sinking of the Titanic? Lena Sanborn couldn’t answer the question about the Titanic — it sank in 1912, six years before she was […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been jailed after a federal judge revoked his house arrest over allegations of witness tampering in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The order by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson Friday adds to the already intense pressure on President Donald Trump’s former top campaign aide […]

Maine’s highest court ruled Thursday that a company’s workers’ compensation fund can’t be forced to pay for medical marijuana, citing the supremacy of federal law over state law as the basis for its decision. The court, in a 5-2 vote, said the federal law that classifies marijuana as a controlled substance takes precedence over state […]

YORK COUNTY — If a simple gesture can turn around a difficult day in the life of a foster child, just imagine what the gift of a new bike can do. Recently the annual TFI Bike Drive linked community partners and local business to provide new bikes for children in foster care in York County. The […]

BIDDEFORD — Call it true love. Normand Binette, Jr. and his wife Mary of Biddeford will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on July 1. The couple were sweethearts at Biddeford High School and were married at St. Andre’s Church in Biddeford on July 1, 1978. After the wedding, the couple enjoyed a reception with friends and […]