The 33-year-old woman charged this year in the murder of her child gave birth Wednesday to a boy, her father said. Joseph Kennedy said he received a call notifying him that Sharon Carrillo gave birth to a healthy boy weighing 7 pounds. Sharon and her husband, Julio Carrillo Jr., 51, are charged with the depraved indifference […]

Maine’s vaccination coverage for students entering kindergarten worsened in 2017-18, making outbreaks of preventable diseases like measles, chicken pox and pertussis more likely. Five percent of kindergartners – about 600 students of the 12,500 in that grade – attended school this year without getting required vaccines because their parents opted out on philosophic or religious […]

BIDDEFORD — A budget that will raise the tax rate for property owners by about 2 percent is the result of months of work by Biddeford City Council. Despite working on the fiscal year 2019 budget since March, council members waited until the final hours on Tuesday to make some significant changes to the $32.4 […]

SANFORD — A Wells clergyman who was convicted of misdemeanor assault following a 2016 incident where he placed his hand on a 15-year-old girl’s back at a fast food restaurant and told her “jeans looked nice … nice and tight in all the right places,” has lost an appeal. Peter W. Leon, 66, who has […]

SACO — Eighteen graduating seniors at Biddeford High School were honored Wednesday for making their mark in the community. The students, all members of the school’s Interact Club, a service group sponosred by the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club, were given medallions for completing community service work at the rotary club’s weekly meeting at Run of the […]

BUXTON  — An Arundel man involved in a crash that Buxton police said may have been caused by drag racing has been charged with driving to endanger. Police say 26-year-old Brandon Buzynski was the driver of a Dodge Neon that was involved in a serious crash on Parker Farm Road. on Monday. After an interview […]

LEBANON — Three young people, ages 9, 10, and 11, have been identified as the individuals responsible for tipping over more than a half-dozen 1900s headstones in a remote cemetery. Maine State Police Trooper Kyle Wells said he is working with the juvenile community corrections officer and the town of Lebanon to determine a solution […]

On Thursday, a team of York County Sheriff’s Office deputies along with troopers from the Maine State Police will partner on several sobriety checkpoints. Sheriff William King said the checkpoints will be located on roads that have a high number of motor vehicle crashes, including Route 111 in Arundel, Route 202 in Waterboro and Route 109 […]