SANFORD — Old televisions, old computers, old printers, old microwave ovens. They clutter our home offices and closets. They’re just there, taking up space and gathering dust. On Saturday June 9, you can dispose of those items and others — free — when Catholic Charities Maine hosts their annual E-Waste Disposal Day on the grounds of […]

SANFORD — A man who was struck by a car as it exited Goodall Park after careening around a Sanford ballpark Friday night during a game has died and the driver of the vehicle has been charged with manslaughter. Late friday, Sanford Police Corporal Matthew Gagne said that Douglas Parkhurst, 68, of West Newfield, died […]

SANFORD — When the Sanford High School class of 2018 receives their diplomas on June 13 it will mark the end of an era. Not only will those Spartans head off into the real world, the students returning to SHS will find themselves in a brand-new high school and technical center when school opens in […]

Three of the nation’s top trade negotiators were in Portland on Friday to hold closed-door talks with Maine’s $1.5 billion-a-year lobster industry as it tries to defend its European market from tariff-free Canadian competition and its Asian market from a trade war with China. The Maine Lobster Dealers Association wants the people who negotiate America’s […]

The number of people killed by drug overdoses in Maine during the first three months of the year fell slightly from last year, state authorities said Friday. Between January and March, 86 people died of overdoses, down from 89 such deaths during the same time period in 2017, according to the offices of the Maine […]

ALFRED — If parents have access to health care, children perform better in school, said Kelcy McNamara, a candidate for Maine House District 21 in the June 12 Democratic primary. McNamara, 38,  and Clifford Krolick, 68, of Parsonsfield, are vying for the chance to run against Republican incumbent Heidi Sampson in November. Green Independent Justin […]

KITTERY — An Atlantic white-sided dolphin that died on a Kittery beach last week had an enormous amount of parasites in its sinus cavity, which likely contributed to its death. Tony LaCasse, a spokesman for the New England Aquarium, said a necropsy done on the 350-pound adult male over the Memorial Day weekend revealed the […]

BIDDEFORD (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has tweeted a cheerful message from his hospital bed while reading a book about himself and his late wife. The 41st president is 93 and is recovering in at Southern Maine Health Care after experiencing low blood pressure and fatigue. He posted a picture of himself Friday reading the […]

  OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Teenagers are often stereotyped as lazy and irresponsible; Old Orchard Beach graduating senior Conor Noonan is anything but. Noonan, 17, will be attending Emmanuel College in the fall. He plans to study biochemistry and go on to medical school. He will be the first person in his family to attend […]

Members of Coast Guard Cutter Willow’s buoy deck crew work to install the clappers on a bell buoy before the buoy is set in the water near Block Island, R.I., in 2015. The bell in the buoy is similar to the brass items targeted by thieves. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class MyeongHi […]