LOS ANGELES (AP) — It will be case closed next season for “How to Get Away with Murder,” with the show’s upcoming sixth season to be its last. The series and its star, Viola Davis, are leaving behind history: In 2015, Davis became the first African American to win an Emmy for best lead actress […]

BIDDEFORD – Music in the Park, that takes place most Wednesdays in the summer in Biddeford, has been a draw to downtown  since the program began in 2009. This year, downtown revitalization organization Heart of Biddeford, which puts on the music series started experiment by expanding Music in the Park to four different parks, in […]

LEWISTON — A transient who robbed a local bank in April and enlisted his father as an unwitting getaway driver was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison. Joseph Tilton, 39, pleaded guilty to Class B robbery, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He also pleaded guilty to theft by unauthorized taking, a […]

Maine’s lobster fishermen will be able to use a new species of bait fish to try to get through a herring shortage that has troubled the industry in recent years. Lobstermen typically bait traps with Atlantic herring, but federal fishery regulators have enacted dramatic cutbacks to the catch quotas for that fish. The Maine Department […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a week after insisting that he was “absolutely moving forward,” President Donald Trump abandoned his effort to insert a citizenship question into next year’s census. He directed federal agencies to try to compile the information using existing databases instead. “It is essential that we have a clear breakdown of the number […]

SANFORD – The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police from June 24 to July 7. • Annabelle Cappello, 23, Sanford, was arrested on a warrant on Main Street. • Amanda Jean Franco, 34, Sanford, was arrested on two warrants on High Street. • Raymond Peter Grover, 33, Freeport, was arrested on a […]

BIDDEFORD — More parking changes are taking place in Biddeford’s downtown. A reconfiguration of the downtown parking lots in the Federal and Franklin streets area are designed to eliminate confusion, make the lots easier to navigate and will result in a net gain of hourly parking spaces. A number of area business owners have said […]

SANFORD – The long-anticipated demolition of the burned-out rear tower of the Stenton Trust mill is slated to begin on Monday, July 22, said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency manager of the project, Catherine Young. The demolition, to be conducted by Costello Dismantling of Exeter, New Hampshire, is expected to be complete by the end […]

A federal judge has sided with the city of Biddeford and its police chief in a sex abuse lawsuit, saying the accuser “buried his head in the sand” by not raising his claims sooner. Matt Lauzon, who grew up in Biddeford, first made public accusations against former police officer Stephen Dodd more than four years […]