A U.S. team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Donald Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take place. Both the State Department and South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the American and North Korean officials have been engaged in talks at […]

ROCKLAND — A state judge set bail at $300 cash — against the recommendations of the prosecution — for a Rockland man accused of breaking into a motor vehicle for the second time in a month. Anthony W. Bates, 55, was arrested Wednesday night, May 23, and charged with burglary of a motor vehicle and violating […]

CAMDEN — As summer approaches and the number of vehicles using the streets in Camden and Rockport increases, Police Chief Randy Gagne is urging motorists to use caution and obey all motor vehicle traffic laws. Gagne, who heads the Camden and Rockport Police Departments, issued a friendly reminder May 25, thanking motorists for their cooperation. “Common […]

AUGUSTA — Plans to restore and re-purpose the only remaining building of the massive riverfront Edwards mill complex may rely on attracting a private developer or organization with $3 million to spend. The complex at one time employed thousands of Franco-Americans who came to Augusta to create a better life for their families by toiling […]

GARDINER — For weeks, scaffolding and hydraulic lifts on Water Street have signaled an unusual level of construction activity. Many of the projects are part of the city’s facade improvement program, funded by a $140,000 Community Development Block Grant’s Microenterprise Program and the work funded by the program is expected to wrap up by the […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — English musician Sting sang “My One and Only Love” at Brown University after he and his wife Trudie Styler accepted honorary degrees. Brown presented them with the degrees Sunday at its 250th commencement. Nobel Prize-winning physicist J. Michael Kosterlitz was among the other honorees. Sting in 1977 formed the pioneering British […]

SACO — Members of the Saco Police Department received notification on Saturday of a missing resident and the man was found alive following an extensive search. Tony Lagrange, 38, had left his residence in route to the lower dam area of the Saco River to fish on Saturday and when he did not return by late afternoon […]

LACONIA, N.H. — Two  area suspects have been indicted by a grand jury in New Hampshire for a theft from a laundromat there more than a year ago. Last week, the Belknap County grand jury issued indictments charging Paul Tanguay, 27, of Limington, and Corey Merritt, 39, of Kezar Falls, with stealing money from coin-operated washers and […]

SACO — Rob Biggs relocated with his family to Saco from Illinois in 2015, and in the span of just a few years he has become one of the most well-known people downtown Saco. Biggs became the executive director of local economic development group Saco Main Street, and he is frequently seen walking the streets […]