SOUTH PORTLAND — A new, combined middle school will likely be built at the existing Memorial Middle School property on Wescott Road, according to Superintendent of Schools Ken Kunin. Two information sessions are scheduled this week to update the community on plans for the school. The sessions will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Skillin […]

AUGUSTA — An advocacy group that is suing the LePage administration for failing to expand Medicaid, even after voters overwhelmingly approved it, filed legal briefs in court Friday countering recent assertions by the governor that he can’t implement the expansion until the Legislature allocates funds for it. In a 21-page brief filed in Kennebec County […]

NEWFIELD — An 18-year-old Newfield motorist escaped injury when his vehicle rolled over and came to rest on its roof on Bridge Street in Newfield on Saturday night. York County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the area of 44 Bridge St. in Newfield at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, said Sheriff Bill King in a statement […]

BIDDEFORD —Biddeford has a long and storied history. Settled by Europeans in the 1600s, and Native Americans before that, the city has been home to waves of immigrants from different nations throughout the years, who have left their own mark on Biddeford history. It’s architecture is also historic and the city is doted with numerous […]

LIMERICK — A 59-year-old Limerick man was arrested Friday night on a 21-year-old warrant after police arrived at a home in the York County town to investigate a possible domestic assault. York County Sheriff William King said in a statement Saturday that Russell Campp was arrested after deputies received a call from Colorado authorities reporting […]

SACO — While clouds covered the sun for much of the morning, that didn’t put a damper on the Saco Bike Rodeo on Saturday. It was the third year for the community-wide event geared to elementary school children and their families, said Jennifer Sirois, one of the organizers. The rodeo was formerly a Young School only […]

LEBANON — A concerned citizen called Maine State Police on Monday to report that three men had removed a shed from a foreclosed property on Pork Street and were dragging it down the road using a pickup truck. Troopers arrived at the scene to find a shed approximately 25 feet long being dragged by a […]

SANFORD — More than 150 firefighters from several communities fought the wild fire that consumed an estimated 314 acres, mostly Kennebunk, Sanford and Wells on May 2 and 3. Sanford Fire Chief Steve Benotti, who updated the City Council on the fire Tuesday, said 14 municipalities sent 30 units — comprised of firefighting and support […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Town officials in Old Orchard Beach are urging residents to be more careful about what they put in their recycling bins. The town, like several other municipalities in the state, contracts with Ecomaine to process its recyclables. Recyclables are picked up weekly at homes, and those who live in apartment or condominium […]

BIDDEFORD — At the Annual Charles and Virginia Allard Volunteer Luncheon, Southern Maine Health Care officially thanked their volunteers for contributing more than 25,000 hours in 2017. During the ceremony, 99-year-old Marjorie Oakes from Saco was recognized with the prestigious Lauren Shulman Volunteer of the Year award. Oakes volunteers at the front desk in SMHC’s Biddeford […]