SANFORD — A local branch of the home educators group Classical Conversations announced Tuesday its winners of the prestigious Memory Master award. Among the winners are two Biddeford students, Thomas Laverriere and Madeleine Laverriere. The award is given to students who are able to successfully memorize all the information presented for the entire year. Thomas, […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A dozen wildfires that burned thousands of homes in California’s wine country and killed at least 15 people last October were started by Pacific Gas & Electric power lines and utility poles, state fire officials said. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released its investigation Friday for some of […]

Anthony Bourdain’s culinary passions went far beyond the cuisine he put on a plate. He also was committed to the immigrant workers who toil in his and other kitchens throughout the restaurant industry. Bourdain, who died Friday in France in an apparent suicide at age 61, was an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump’s immigration […]

LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) — The annual G-7 summit appeared to have weathered tensions over President Donald Trump’s threats of a tariff-fueled trade war until the mercurial American pulled out of a joint statement while citing “false statements” by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It was an unprecedented attack on the leader of the U.S. […]

LISBON — Ten people escaped an early morning fire on Route 196 on Thursday. The fire was reported by a tenant who lived in a garage apartment, who woke residents in the nearby house, which included seven children and two adults. Lisbon firefighters were called to 381 Lisbon St. at 3:50 a.m. Lisbon Fire Chief […]

Bill Dunn signed onto the ranked-choice voting campaign within days of the initiative’s launch roughly 3½ years ago. He collected 350 signatures to send the issue to Maine voters in November 2016 and then another 300 signatures to send it back to them on Tuesday after lawmakers tried to delay Maine’s first-in-the-nation experiment with statewide […]

ARUNDEL — A crash on a heavily traveled road in Arundel on Saturday morning knocked out power for dozens of area residents and resulted in the road being shut down for more than six hours. According to York County Sheriff William L. King, Jr.  a single-vehicle crash near 1429 Portland Road (U.S. Route 1) in […]

KENNEBUNK — The Kennebunk Free Library announces its July 2018 exhibition, “At the Water’s Edge,” the photographs and mixed media works of Kathy Hally. The public is invited to view the exhibit during regular library hours when the gallery is not in use for library programs. Library hours are: Monday and Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought new obstruction charges against President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and a longtime associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence. The indictment was unsealed Friday against Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik just days after prosecutors accused the two men of attempting to tamper with witnesses as […]

SACO — Pancake and breakfast fans can rejoice. An IHOP restaurant is slated to open next month at 515 Main St., Saco. Or is that IHOB? The chain restaurant known for its pancakes and breakfast fare announced earlier this week it was changing its name from IHOP, which stands for International House of Pancakes, to […]