SACO — The city of Saco has updated the volunteer senior tax work off program to remove the city’s obligation to file a tax form on behalf of the volunteers. The city has a long-standing program that allows seniors to work off part of their property taxes through volunteer work with the city. Senior volunteers […]

SPRINGVALE — Firefighters battled a late-afternoon blaze at 43 Payne St. in the Springvale village sector of Sanford that left the home severely damaged and a family homeless on Monday. Sanford Assistant Fire Chief Steve Cutter said fire crews were called to the scene just before about 5:20 p.m. on Monday and had exited the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Bright. Vibrant. Colorful. And, most essentially, fun. The same words used so often to describe Kate Spade’s enormously popular handbags — “It” bags that were both aspirational and affordable — were an apt description of the woman herself, say many in the fashion world. And that only contributed to the sense […]

AUGUSTA — A diverse coalition of advocates for the environment, the economy and other interests are calling on State House leaders to reconvene the Legislature to finish work on a host of bills, including several spending measures and a highway and bridge bonding proposal that would support more than 3,800 construction jobs. But those pleas […]

A deadly head-on collision and a separate accident involving a logging truck forced police to close two sections of Route 302 for most of Tuesday evening. Two people were killed and a third person was critically injured in the two-vehicle head-on crash on Route 302 in Casco late Tuesday afternoon. That accident was followed by […]

TOKYO (AP) — While raising hopes for denuclearization and a peace treaty to finally end the Korean War, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s newly found focus on diplomacy comes with an ironic flipside: It could be a godsend for his generals. Kim’s thinking on how his military fits in to his plans to foster […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrat Gavin Newsom won Tuesday’s primary in the race for California governor and Republican John Cox finished in a strong second place, ensuring Republicans won’t be shut out of the race to replace retiring Gov. Jerry Brown. With a major boost from President Donald Trump’s endorsement, Cox consolidated Republicans and edged […]

A Bar Harbor man accused of killing a young local woman is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Wednesday. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said that Jalique Keene, 21, will be in court Wednesday, but he was unsure of the time. News Center Maine(WCSH/WLBZ) reported that Keene, who is […]