BIDDEFORD — An overnight printing press problem has resulted in a later delivery schedule for Journal Tribune newspapers on Saturday. Journal Tribune carriers will be delivering newspapers to subscribers today, but at a much later time. The newspaper apologizes for the delivery delay and is working to rectify the problem.        

BIDDEFORD — Those voting for the House District 12 Democratic nominee will choose between two relative newcomers to Biddeford on Tuesday. City Councilor Victoria Foley, who has been in Biddeford for two years, is running against John Eder, who has lived in the city for about 1 1/2 years, for the State House seat that […]

SACO — A new educational foundation has formed in Saco, its mission is to advocate for educational resources that raise educational standards and practices in Saco’s public schools serving Kindergarten through eighth grade. The Alliance for Science, Technology, Education, Arts and Math, or Saco STEAM, is a nonprofit corporation led by a volunteer board that […]

Many people thought Anthony Bourdain had the most enviable career in existence. He didn’t deny it. “I have the best job in the world,” the globe-trotting food-taster and culinary storyteller once told the New Yorker magazine, stating the rather obvious. “If I’m unhappy, it’s a failure of imagination.” Bourdain’s stunned fans were mourning the loss […]

SANFORD — Former longtime Democratic legislator and current Sanford City Councilor John Tuttle announced his candidacy for Senate District 33. Unopposed in the June primary, he will go up against Republican incumbent Sen. David Woodsome for the seat in the Nov. 6 contest. Tuttle said he and Woodsome have been friends for 50 years and […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For more than a year, Florida failed to do national background checks that could have disqualified people from gaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The lapse, revealed in an internal report that was not widely known about until Friday, occurred during a time period when there was a significant […]

A 15-year-old girl who was driving without a license was killed and three passengers in her car injured in a crash Friday afternoon in Edgecomb. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, a Subaru station wagon headed north on Parsons Point Road went off the road and crashed into trees shortly after 2 p.m. Officials […]

Liam Somers had ridden the Park Loop Road in Acadia National Park a thousand times. An experienced cyclist who grew up in Bar Harbor and lives in Scarborough, Somers had returned to his hometown for a biking weekend with friends. He never saw the car. Head down, helmet on, Somers was pumping his way up […]

FARMINGTON — A Wilton man accused of choking a woman until she passed out during a sexual encounter in February was sentenced Thursday to serve 30 months of an eight-year sentence. Steven E. Pare, 50, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated assault and misdemeanor charges of domestic violence assault and unlawful sexual touching […]

The mother and daughter from Bridgton who were killed Tuesday in a horrific crash on Route 302 in Casco were returning from a dentist appointment when their car crossed the centerline and struck another vehicle head-on, but there was no word from police on why the car veered into oncoming traffic, a relative said Friday. Jamie Mantz, […]