KENNEBUNKPORT — Former First Lady Barbara Bush liked to walk her dogs on Gooch’s Beach. She was a passionate advocate for literacy, often making treks to preschools and hospitals to read to children. She was an avid reader. And she liked to dig in her garden at Walker’s Point.  Mrs. Bush was a real down […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that his CIA chief secretly met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea and said “a good relationship was formed” heading into the adversaries’ anticipated summit. Mike Pompeo’s highly unusual talks “went smoothly,” Trump tweeted, with details about a presidential meeting within the next few months “being […]

YORK COUNTY — Barbara Bush will be remembered as former first lady of the country, but she will also be remembered as a devoted wife and mother, a loyal dog owner, a faithful advocate for literacy and other causes and a good friend. Upon the news of her death Tuesday, Governor Paul LePage directed that […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature has honored Craig Pendleton, the executive director of the Biddeford+Saco Chamber of Commerce+Industry with a Legislative Sentiment in recognition of his being named the Professional of the Year Award from the Maine State Chamber of Commerce. State and Regional Chambers of Commerce were in Augusta for Business Day at the State […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady and mother of a president whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday, a family spokesman said. She was 92. Mrs. Bush brought a grandmotherly style to buttoned-down Washington, often appearing […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Here is a look at several things to know about the life of former first lady Barbara Bush who doed Tuesday at the age of 92: LITERACY EFFORTS The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy began during her White House years with a goal to improve the lives of disadvantaged Americans by […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Barbara Bush didn’t hesitate to tell people that her trademark pearl necklaces were fake. Americans liked that everything else about the snowy-haired first lady was real. The wife of the nation’s 41st president and mother of the 43rd brought a plainspoken, grandmotherly style to buttoned-down Washington, displaying an utter lack of vanity […]