BIDDEFORD — The site of Monday’s fatal fire on Hill Street in Biddeford also was the same location where two people died in a 1986 blaze. On Aug. 23, 1986, children playing with matches in the same apartment building started a fire that destroyed the top two floors of the original five-story structure and killed […]
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Sanford High student earns MPA award
SANFORD — A sterling work ethic and an enthusiasm for involvement in student activities is being recognized and rewarded at Sanford High School. How so? Well, ask Principal Matthew Petermann and he will tell you that Hailey Nolette is an extremely hard worker and, he said, an excellent role model for younger students. Nolette, 18, […]
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FBI releases footage of suspect in robbery spree
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The FBI has created a video compilation of footage of an alleged robber involved in a recent string of robberies. Police responded at 3:38 p.m. on Thursday to a report of robbery at the China Eatery restaurant on Ocean Park Road in Old Orchard Beach. An unidentified suspect wearing dark clothing […]
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Red Cross assisting residents displaced by Biddeford fire
BIDDEFORD — Disaster responders from the American Red Cross of Maine are working with 34 people affected by the Hill Street fire in Biddeford to ensure that they have food, a safe place to sleep and other essentials. The number of people helped by the Red Cross is expected to rise as the agency makes […]
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Deal reduces charges against daughter of star ballet dancers
CAMDEN (AP) — The socialite daughter of two world-famous New York ballet dancers has reached an agreement to resolve burglary charges in Camden, Maine. Police said drugs and alcohol were factors when 21-year-old Talicia Martins and a friend broke into The Smoothie Shack, Francine Bistro and Camden Cone last summer. The Bangor Daily News reports that the […]
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Medicaid expansion advocates to rally as deadline nears
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine health care providers, lawmakers and advocates are planning to rally to demand that Maine take action on voter-approved Medicaid expansion. The state faces a Tuesday deadline to submit a routine application to ensure roughly $500 million in annual federal funding for expansion. The tens of thousands of low-income individuals who could […]
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Maine Senate passes order challenging ranked choice voting
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Senate has approved a measure that would challenge ranked-choice voting. The Senate voted 22 to 12 Monday to pass the order which contests Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s authority to implement the voting law. Republican Senate President Michael Thibodeau claims the order is designed to provide legal clarity prior to […]
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Israel in deal to resettle Africa migrants, then backtracks
JERUSALEM — Israel announced a deal with the U.N. on Monday to resettle African migrants in Western nations, but hours later put the agreement on hold. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced the deal on national TV, saying Israel agreed to cancel the planned expulsion of tens of thousands of African migrants. He said the […]
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Governor wants more federal funds on job training
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage wants more federal funds used to help unemployed Mainers shifted to job training, a move some local labor officials say would take money from individualized career counseling, hurting vulnerable job seekers. LePage’s administration last week submitted his plan that demands that locally run workforce boards spend 70 percent of federal […]