BIDDEFORD — When you get right down to it, the success by which a community is measured is truly not about those who have an abundance of prosperity, rather it’s about if it can provide enough for those who don’t have very much. For a decade now, the Rev. Shirley Bowen of the Seeds of Hope […]

LEBANON — A South Berwick ATV operator allegedly told Maine State Police troopers on Saturday that he didn’t know anything about an ATV crash involving a pedestrian in a campground located in an ATV mud racing and off-road park and that he didn’t own an ATV. Recent injuries and dirt marks that were indicative of […]

SANFORD — Just think of it as a really, really big yard sale. Someone looking for a transmission jack or a printer, desks and chairs or a fire truck — yes, a fire truck — file cabinets, a compressor, printers, computers, other electronics, a hospital bed or countess other items might want to check out […]

BIDDEFORD — The addition of a second downtown Wi-Fi HotSpot that will extend free internet along Main Street in downtown Biddeford is being hailed as another step forward is the transformation and revitalization underway in the city. Biddeford Mayor Alan Casavant praised the free Wi-Fi extension is a genuine benefit for visitors and residents. “Since […]

A group of Maine residents organized around fighting high electric bills from Central Maine Power is seeking customers to join a planned class action lawsuit against the company. CMP Ratepayers Unite said late Monday that two Maine-based attorneys involved with the matter have retained a New York firm to take the lead, on behalf of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — In the time it took to compose a 53-character tweet, Roseanne Barr went from a hero that ABC was banking upon to unemployed. The network canceled its hit reboot of “Roseanne” Tuesday after Barr’s racist tweet that referred to Valerie Jarrett, an adviser to former President Barack Obama, as a cross […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rapid-fire diplomacy played out on two continents Tuesday in advance of an “expected” summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, the strengthening resolve coming after a series of high-risk, high-reward gambits by the two leaders. Officials won’t say that the June 12 Singapore summit is back on, but […]

Portland firefighters battled an apartment house fire Tuesday afternoon, during nearly record-breaking temperatures, at 274 Valley St. It was the second major fire reported within a three-hour period. Crews were called around 3:15 p.m. to a fire in a three-family homeat 41 Alder St. in the city’s Bayside neighborhood. No one was hurt in the Alder […]

SACO — Students at Young School got a chance to meet one of their favorite authors on Tuesday. Maine children’s author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen met with students and discussed his work that included designing the lobster license plate and creating art work for L.L. Bean catolog covers and illustrating and writing the popular […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a sometimes brash political outsider whose unconventional resume as a Rhodes scholar and Navy SEAL officer made him a rising star in the Republican Party, resigned Tuesday amid a widening investigation that arose from an affair with his former hairdresser. The 44-year-old governor spent nearly six months fighting […]