AUGUSTA — Two new scientific studies are highlighting the current and future impacts that rising ocean temperatures will have on lobster, clams and other important commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. Research on nearly 700 North American fish species predicts Atlantic cod habitat could shrink by as much as 90 percent by century’s end and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even if conciliatory rhetoric revives U.S.-North Korea summit plans, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are still left with the gaping disconnect over what a deal on North Korea’s nukes would look like. Observers of the soap opera-style Trump-Kim summit drama that has played out this week could be forgiven for […]

SALALAH, Oman (AP) — Cyclone Mekunu blew into the Arabian Peninsula early Saturday, drenching arid Oman and Yemen, cutting off power lines and leaving at least three dead and 40 missing, officials said. Portions of Salalah, Oman’s third-largest city, lost electricity as the cyclone made landfall. The Arabian Sea churned Saturday morning, sending mounds of […]

YORK COUNTY — A sobriety checkpoint on Route 111 in Arundel on Thursday night resulted in the arrests of two people for driving under the influence, two for driving while their license was suspended, one on an outstanding warrant and another for violating bail conditions. York County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Maine State Police troopers and […]

YORK COUNTY — The median sale price of existing homes in York County are up by nearly 15 percent over the same three month timeframe in 2017. As well, more houses sold in the period from Feb. 1 through April 30 than a year ago, and continuing tight inventories in some locations means homes don’t […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, will be a guest speaker at the Old Orchard Beach Memorial Day celebration on Monday. Memorial Day festivities this weekend will begin on Sunday with the annual Luminary Nite event hosted by the Veterans Memorial Park Committee. The walkways of Veterans Memorial Park, on First Street, […]

Attorneys for Sharon Carrillo are arguing that the state’s highest court should disqualify individual prosecutors – or the entire Maine Attorney General’s Office – from Carrillo’s case because they improperly obtained confidential documents about Carrillo, and if left uncorrected, the error could compromise her constitutional rights at trial. The state, meanwhile, said it has already […]

FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice set $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 real estate surety bail Friday for a Wilton man accused of selling crack cocaine and other drugs. Dennis J. Ayala, 55, was arrested in April on a felony charge pertaining to selling crack cocaine. An investigation was launched after a fatal overdose in […]

BIDDEFORD — A veteran clinical psychologist and gerontologist has been chosen as the founding director of the University of New England’s new Center for Excellence in Aging and Health. Dr. Thomas M. Meuser is joining UNE from the University of Missouri—St. Louis, where he is currently serving as the interim associate dean of the College […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alicia Silverstone is divorcing her husband of nearly 13 years. The “Clueless” actress filed for divorce from Christopher Jarecki on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The two have been separated for two years. Divorce documents say the 41-year-old Silverstone and the 47-year-old Jarecki will share custody of their 7-year-old […]