BETHEL — It was something truly out of this world. The Moon in Maine Lunar Landing Extravaganza held at the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum on Friday evening showed off the largest piece of the moon ever to fall to the Earth, along with other pieces of the moon. The special event was launched to […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says it has detected bacteria responsible for Legionnaires’ disease in samples from the Orono-Veazie Water District. The agency said Friday that chlorine will be added to eliminate the bacteria. The CDC is investigating a cluster of six Legionnaires’ disease cases in the Bangor area. At […]

HARRISON — Police are investigating a stabbing and maul assault Friday night that left a 49-year old woman with serious injuries to her head, arms and face. Her son, Mohamed Noh, 24, was charged with elevated aggravated assault. Police responded to the home of Halimo Azair of Harrison at 195 Dawes Hill Road around 8 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — In 1964, Stanley Kubrick, on the recommendation of the science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, bought a telescope. “He got this Questar and he attached one of his cameras to it,” remembers Katharina Kubrick, the filmmaker’s stepdaughter. “On a night where there was a lunar eclipse, he dragged us all out onto […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress will depend not so much on what he says, but that he’s even saying it at all. For Democrats, the special counsel’s appearance Wednesday creates a moment many have been waiting for: Mueller finally speaking out, piercing the public consciousness about President Donald Trump’s response to the Russia investigation and whether […]

NEW YORK (AP) — When special counsel Robert Mueller closed the books on the Russia investigation, he produced a report of more than 400 pages, and Attorney General William Barr held a news conference outlining the reasons the Justice Department didn’t charge President Donald Trump. But in stark contrast to the Mueller inquiry, federal prosecutors […]

SPRINGVALE – A painting by a local artist in 1914 and now on display at the Sanford Springvale Historical Museum gives viewers a glimpse of Sanford from a perspective not often seen. Looking closely, one can see one of the Sanford mills that was demolished in the 1920s, the clock tower on Sanford Town Hall, […]

SACO — The city of Saco is giving the Saco School Department a deadline of 10 days to move its Pre-K program out of the former Toddle Inn building and to find a new location for the program for the fast-approaching school year. After a successful preliminary year of its Pre-K program, the Saco School […]

BUXTON – The sign posted at the entrance to Pleasant Point Park on Simpson Road explains the rules – no overnight camping, no open fires, no firearms or hunting, drugs or alcohol, and more. It specifies that open hours are 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. But over the past weekend, police here say the rules […]

YORK COUNTY – Several York County communities and organizations have announced the availability of cooling stations this weekend, when temperatures and humidity are expected to soar. The National Weather Service in Gray said an Excessive Heat Watch has been issued for coastal and interior York County, which is most likely to see heat index values […]