OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The fire department will soon be able to purchase 20 protective ballistic vests, thanks to the help of a national chain restaurant.  Old Orchard Beach Fire Fighter and Paramedic Bill Young spearheaded a fundraising campaign last year to purchase protective ballistic vests for firefighters and paramedics which can protect firefighters against […]

YORK COUNTY — Nine projects to restore, enhance or protect wetlands and other important habitats around the state have been selected to receive funding from the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has announced. The program was created to help offset unavoidable impacts to protected natural resources at one site […]

SANFORD — Those who would like to help those affected by domestic violence by providing support and answering questions by phone, from their home, now have the opportunity to do so. On Tuesday, March 6 Caring Unlimited will begin training new Hotline Advocates; individuals who provide free, safe on call support through the agency’s 24-hour hotline. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage moved Friday to empty a minimum security prison as Maine lawmakers debated the future of the facility, which costs $5 million per year to run. Lawmakers fought LePage’s moves last year to close Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport, which ended up receiving funding through June of this year. […]

OXFORD (AP) — Maine State Police say a man from the town of Mexico is charged with threatening the newly appointed sheriff in Oxford County. Police say 56-year-old Joseph Salatka was charged with one count of terrorizing after he made threats against Oxford County Sheriff James Theriault. Theriault was appointed by Gov. Paul LePage after […]

BATH (AP) — The Navy has submitted a request for proposals for more destroyers to be built by either Maine’s Bath Iron Works or Mississippi’s Ingalls shipyard, or both. The Naval Sea Systems Command issued its final request on Thursday for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers built with ballistic missile defense capability. The contract covers the fiscal […]

FREEPORT (AP) — L.L. Bean’s generous return policy is going to be a little less forgiving: The company, which has touted its 100 percent satisfaction guarantee for more than a century, is imposing a one-year limit on most returns to reduce growing abuse and fraud. The outdoor specialty retailer said returns of items that have […]

ALFRED — A civil suit filed last fall by two plaintiffs who alleged six Republican state lawmakers had failed to produce records they’d requested under the state’s Freedom of Access Act has been dismissed. The dismissal order on file at York County Superior Court shows the complaint was dismissed with prejudice, which means it cannot […]