WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plunged into an extraordinary showdown with Congress Thursday over access to a whistleblower’s complaint about reported incidents including a private conversation between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader. The blocked complaint is both “serious” and “urgent,” the government’s intelligence watchdog said. The administration is keeping Congress from even […]

ALFRED – The York County Democratic Committee will caucus on Oct. 10 to recommend candidates to fill a vacancy for York County Judge of Probate to Gov. Janet Mills. The committee is asking interested registered Democrat attorneys to submit information to the committee by Oct. 1. The vacancy is created because the sitting judge, Bryan […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Old Orchard Beach Police are asking residents and business owners with surveillance cameras to partner with the police department in an initiative to help solve crime and make Old Orchard Beach a safer community. There are many surveillance camera systems installed at residences and businesses across town. If a crime occurs […]

The driver of this Western Express tractor-trailer had a delivery for Home Depot in Biddeford but apparently missed his turn Thursday morning around 9 a.m. and continued driving west on Route 111. York County Sheriff William L. King Jr., said the New York driver realized his error in the vicinity of Kate’s Creamery  in  Arundel […]

SACO — The Saco School Department is hosting monthly workshops at local schools in an effort to be more accessible to the community and better familiarize board members with the schools. Typically, the school board holds meetings and workshops at the City Hall. The school board announced at it’s Wednesday night meeting that it will […]

The chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court is reviewing the fine amount for motorists who violate the state’s new cellphone driving prohibition, taking the step because of a legislative error that led to a dramatically increased cost. Sen. William Diamond, D-Windham, spoke with Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley about the hands-free law on […]

Maine’s highest and best known mountain could be in line for a name change if the head of Baxter State Park gets his way. Eben Sypitkowski, director of the Baxter State Park Authority, has proposed dropping the name “Mount” from Mount Katahdin, he confirmed Thursday in a telephone interview. Sypitkowski believes the name change is […]

Col. Joel Wilkinson, who has led the Maine Warden Service since 2008, is retiring, effective on Friday. Judy Camuso, commissioner of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, named Lt. Dan Scott as acting colonel. “Colonel Wilkinson served the Department and the state for more than two decades,” Camuso said in a statement. “I want […]

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Brad Pitt made the first move with James Gray. In 1995, he saw Gray’s debut “Little Odessa” and decided to call up the young filmmaker behind the grim Brooklyn crime drama. They’ve been talking ever since — about films, life and working together. But it would take almost 25 years for […]

BIDDEFORD — Congregation Etz Chaim in Biddeford has announced its 2019 High Holiday schedule for Jewish services. Cantor Beth Strassler will be leading services for Congregation Etz Chaim, which is at 36 Bacon St. in Biddeford.  The second day of Rosh Hashanah, Tuesday, Oct. 1, will feature music from composer Dr. Morton Gold of Springvale. Strassler will lead the opening service […]