BRUNSWICK — A dog died in a fire that broke out in a mobile home on Madeline Drive in Brunswick on Friday afternoon. The fire was reported at 26 Madeline Drive at 2:15 p.m. and drew firefighters from five towns. Brunswick Fire Chief Ken Brillant said the homeowner lives there alone with his pets and was […]

WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — The United States was singled out by some of its closest allies Saturday over the imposition of tariffs that they warn will undermine open trade and weaken confidence in the global economy. The dispute over U.S. President Donald Trump’s new levies on steel and aluminum imports is driving a wedge […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers composed a secret 20-page letter to special counsel Robert Mueller to assert that he cannot be forced to testify while arguing that he could not have committed obstruction because he has absolute authority over all federal investigations. The existence of the letter, which was first reported and posted […]

BIDDEFORD — Shoppers looking for great bargains should consider the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s “Last Day of Season Sale” coming up this week in Biddeford. The sale will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6 at the St. James Hall South Street Entrance. Participants will be able to “Fill a […]

AUBURN — A man charged with attempted murder in a January stabbing pleaded not guilty to that and related charges earlier this week. Cory Hayden, 30, of Massachusetts pleaded not guilty Thursday in Androscoggin County Superior Court to attempted murder, a Class A felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. That charge stems […]

KENNEBUNK — The Art Guild of the Kennebunks will host its first exhibition of the season from Friday, June 15 thru Sunday, June 17 at the Masonic Lodge at 1 North St. (around the corner from the Kennebunkport Post Office). The hours of the exhibition are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to […]

AUGUSTA — Lyme Disease Awareness Month has arrived in Maine and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is reminding Mainers to take precautions against ticks and tick-borne diseases. Deer ticks can carry germs that cause tick-borne diseases such as Lyme, anaplasmosis and babesiosis and are most commonly found in wooded, leafy […]

BATH — A 50-year-old school bus driver for Bath schools was charged this week with a misdemeanor count of violation of privacy for allegedly taking “upskirt” photos of children on his bus. Timothy McGowan of Bath was issued a summons Wednesday and faces up to 364 days in jail and a $2,000 fine if he […]

WATERVILLE — Police Friday were searching for a man who allegedly grabbed money out of a Camden National Bank ATM dispenser on Front Street as a customer was completing a transaction. A woman had pulled up to the ATM in her vehicle around 11:45 a.m. and as she was completing her transaction, a man ran […]

LONDON (AP) — The food-delivery firm Deliveroo thanked Benedict Cumberbatch on Saturday after a newspaper reported that the “Sherlock” star had fought off muggers who were attacking one of its cyclists. Uber driver Manuel Dias told the Sun newspaper that he was driving Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter along London’s Marylebone High Street when […]