LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says Disney actor Cameron Boyce died unexpectedly from epilepsy. An autopsy report released Tuesday states the “Descendants” star was found unresponsive at home on July 6, and later pronounced dead at the scene. Boyce’s family said previously that the 20-year-old died due to an ongoing […]

SANFORD – The big excavator equipped with a pair of “scissors” on the end of telescopic arm grabbed at the concrete at the corner of the rear tower of Stenton Trust mill. The concrete started to crumble and some of the steel emerged. The process of dismantling the rear tower of the old mill – […]

PORTLAND – One of four men originally charged in connection with a drug raid on a Nason Street apartment in Sanford in June 2017 has been sentenced to serve more than seven years in federal prison. Yarlin Garcia, 26, was the second man to be sentenced in connection with the raid that saw police and […]

SACO — Peggy Mowatt is the kind of person who would help others in a heartbeat, say friends and family. Now that she is the one who needs help, friends and family didn’t hesitate to set up a fundraiser for her. Peggy Mowatt and her husband, Chris, of Saco were on a morning motorcycle ride […]

A U.S. Border Patrol agent suffered serious injuries after he crashed his ATV in Gorham Gore, a remote township in Franklin County near the Canadian border. The agent was driving the ATV Monday afternoon when it crashed and he was thrown from the vehicle. The agent was wearing a helmet, according to a statement Tuesday […]

A suspected drug trafficker avoided capture by police in Presque Isle on Monday by swimming across a river and then getting a lift from his father. Alan “AJ” Raymond Jr. was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by Presque Isle police on Washburn Road. While the officer was in his cruiser checking criminal records, Raymond […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials say the state ended the fiscal year with a budget surplus of nearly $168 million. The Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services announced the surplus on Tuesday. The department says it transferred $18.1 million to the state’s budget stabilization fund and $4.5 million to the Property Tax Relief Fund […]

Lyme disease cases are down significantly in 2019 compared to recent years, but scientists say the deer ticks that cause the illness are plentiful and Mainers should not expect the drop to signal a prolonged reprieve from the public health menace. Though experts aren’t sure what led to the decrease in cases so far this […]

LYMAN — Representatives from an outside firm will begin taking data of local properties in Lyman next month, the first step in a full revaluation of all real estate in town. Lyman is a rural community with a population of about 4,400 people, according to 2017 estimates from the U.S Census bureau. Lyman has about […]

The musical show “Mamma Mia” opened at the Hackmatack Playhouse in  Berwick on July 25 and I caught the performance on the 27th where every seat was taken and an extra row was added in the rear. The producer, Michael Guptill, welcomed the audience comprised of folks of all ages and both genders by announcing the start […]