BIDDEFORD — Area residents will have an opportunity to participate in a religious retreat this weekend sponsored by one of the largest Catholic women’s organizations in America. The Daughters of Isabella, Circle 828, of Biddeford, is hosting a retreat from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Marie Joseph Spiritual Center in Biddeford Pool. […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town has passed an ordinance that clearly defines food trucks and designates specific areas where they are allowed. The question of food trucks in the downtown came up last summer when a local business woman requested permission from the town to allow two food trucks on her property.  There was […]

SACO — The city of Saco has become one of the latest municipalities to file a lawsuit suing pharmaceutical companies that manufacture and distribute opioids.  The ease with which prescription opioids can be obtained as a result of campaigns by drug companies to make them readily prescribed for common aches and pains has led many […]

SANFORD — City officials say the design for SanfordNet Fiber is complete and the request for proposals to build the system is poised for release in early March. City Manger Steve Buck told the Sanford City Council in his manager’s report Tuesday that the final design, including design of the connections to all 85 community […]

WASHINGTON — Senate leaders announced Wednesday they have sealed agreement on a two-year budget pact that would shower both the Pentagon and domestic programs with almost $300 billion above existing limits, giving wins to both GOP defense hawks and Democrats seeking billions for infrastructure projects and combatting opioid abuse. The agreement is likely to be […]

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel finally reached a deal Wednesday to form a new German coalition government, handing the powerful finance ministry to the country’s main center-left party in an agreement aimed at ending months of political gridlock. The center-left Social Democrats’ leaders now have one last major hurdle to overcome — winning their skeptical […]

Syphilis, an infection once thought nearly eradicated in the United States, has come roaring back in recent years, including in Maine.  At the Portland Public Health Center’s sexually transmitted disease clinic, Medical Director Dr. Christina DeMatteo said the city has seen an uptick in syphilis and gonorrhea that parallels state and national trends. “We’re seeing […]

At 9 a.m. on a recent weekday, physician assistant Lisa Bergmark assessed a youngster’s sore throat at the Brewer Community School, checking for signs of a strep infection. She swabbed the irritated tissue and ran a quick test, which came up negative. There was no fever and no other signs of illness. So, fortified with Tylenol […]