The Maine Republican Party’s claim in a federal lawsuit that ranked-choice voting could lead to the election of a candidate who isn’t the party’s true “standard bearer” is based on speculation, says an attorney for Secretary of State Matt Dunlap in a formal response to the suit. “The underlying factual assumptions for this theory are […]

SANFORD — There was upbeat music, people holding signs with messages like “we value you,” and “you shine,”  flurries of bubbles, and applause as the community welcomed Sanford High School students on Friday. Students arriving at Sanford High School Friday morning found a joyous and noisy crowd of people from the community and some from […]

  ALFRED — Some of the faces of the five people in residence at the Layman Way Recovery Center may look familiar. They’ve been in trouble with the law, and their mug shots may have appeared in newspapers or on television. They are at the recovery center because they’ve been arrested and taken to York County […]

Participants in VA2K Walk and Roll walk out from the Saco VA Clinic on Wednesday. The event was one of many nationwide held to benefit veterans and promote healthy lifestyles. LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune

The parent of Mercy Hospital is leaving partnerships it has with Portland and Bangor to increase access to substance use treatment, saying the move was prompted by a lawsuit that Portland recently filed against opioid manufacturers. Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems announced Thursday that it was leaving the Greater Portland Addiction Collaborative and a similar group […]

Flowers are in bloom on the Eastern Trail in Biddeford on Friday. LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune

Brian Noyes of Portland crawls through Monument Square as he performs during a zombie dance event in October 2015. Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette Unity College is offering anyone willing to pay $600 the chance to learn survival skills in the event of a zombie apocalypse. The environmental education college located in Unity has posted […]

SANFORD — A father and his 2-year-old daughter escaped unharmed when fire broke out at their 6 Pine St. home on Friday afternoon. Sanford Assistant Fire Chief  Steve Cutter at the scene around 3 p.m. Friday said the fire in the older, two-story home appears to have started outside the rear of the structure, but […]

  SACO  — Saco police say a man reported missing earlier this week has been found alive and well in Westbrook. On Monday, Saco Police officers and detectives had requested the public’s assistance in locating 38-year-old Nathaniel Glavin. Deputy Saco Police Chief Jack Clements said that Glavin’s brother had reported him missing earlier that day. The […]