SANFORD — The following people were arrested or charged with a crime May 14 to May 24. If there is no listing for a specific date, it means no one was arrested or charged on that day, according to police logs provided by the agency: • Alicia M. Howard, 29, Sanford, was arrested and charged […]

SCARBOROUGH — Four remaining Board of Education members decided Tuesday against holding a special election this summer to replace three members who were voted off the panel this month. Board members Jacquelyn Perry, Hillory Durgin, Mary Starr and Leanne Kazilionis voted 3-1 on the question of calling for a special election before the regular November […]

Susan Rice, the former national security adviser to President Obama whose grandparents emigrated from Jamaica to Portland, was one of three honorary degree recipients at Bowdoin College’s 213th graduation Saturday. Although Rice’s selection for an honorary degree triggered about three dozen negative comments by alumni on Bowdoin’s website about her response to a 2012 attack […]

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Being acknowledged by your peers for outstanding work is a tremendous honor, but to be singled out by the college you graduated from as one of the most promising veterinarians working with animals of all kinds in America is something Dr. Krista Keller won’t soon forget. Keller, who grew up in Biddeford […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A burglar reportedly broke into a local church in Old Orchard Beach, cooked some frozen pizza and vandalized the building Memorial Day. Old Orchard Beach United Methodist Church posted on its Facebook page Tuesday morning that someone had taken advantage of a church door that was left slightly ajar and entered […]

KENNEBUNK — Police in Kennebunk are awaiting results of an accident reconstruction to determine the cause of a fatal moped crash on Old Port Road on Friday night. Andrew Giles, 40, of Arundel was traveling west on Old Port Road when he left the roadway and was ejected from the moped, striking a nearby guardrail, […]

BIDDEFORD — On June 12, residents of Biddeford and Dayton will vote on two school referendum questions asking for citizen approval to join a collaborative purchasing unit with as many as 12 other school districts, to formalize a cooperative educational agreement between the two communities, and to OK a school budget that adds less than […]

BIDDEFORD — An exhibit of young artists is now showing the nonprofit arts organization Engine in downtown Biddeford. What makes this particular show unique is that all the artists have some form of disability, ranging from Tourette Syndrome to oculocutaneous albinism, a genetic condition. Electrify! is a nationally-touring show of 15 emerging young artists, ages […]

SACO — The City of Saco and a number of coastal residents will need to sign off on a beach management agreement to protect piping plovers and other threatened and endangered birds before the city can receive sand from an upcoming Saco River dredging project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to start work […]