Heavy thunderstorms swept through Maine on Saturday afternoon, knocking out electricity to more than 18,000 customers across the state at one point as trees fell on power lines. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch that was in effect until 8 p.m. for south and south-central Maine counties, including Kennebec, Androscoggin, York and […]

LIMINGTON — One man suffered severe injuries during a motorcycle crash on Friday, July 5 in Limington. According to the York County Sheriff’s Office, Jordan Trafford, 23, of Limington, was operating his 2019 white Harley Davidson motorcycle on Sokokis Avenue when he lost control in the area of 604 Sokokis Ave. Witnesses reported that Trafford was […]

AUGUSTA — The Maine Emergency Management Agency will soon survey fire departments around the state as the first step in a potential take-back and disposal program for firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals. For decades, military and civilian firefighters used special foam containing chemicals known as PFAS to smother the intense flames caused by fuel fires. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create a new nonprofit environmental powerhouse charged with tackling climate change and the loss of biodiversity. The new organization, Earth Alliance, “will work globally to protect ecosystems and wildlife, ensure climate justice, support renewable energy […]

SACO — Two were injured in a motorcycle accident on U.S. Route 1 in Saco on Saturday, July 6, according to Saco Police. The accident, which was reported at 9:59 a.m., blocked traffic on both sides of Route 1, also known as the Portland Road, for nearly four hours. Only the motorcycle was involved in […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 1969 moon landing turned an achievement seen only in the imagination and sci-fi movies into a most improbable television event, a live broadcast starring Neil Armstrong and a desolate landscape. The astounding images from more than 200,000 miles away mesmerized viewers, a feat TV hopes to replicate leading up to […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A quake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted much of California, cracking buildings, setting fires, breaking roads and causing several injuries while seismologists warned that large aftershocks were expected to continue for days, if not weeks. The Friday night quake — preceded by Thursday’s 6.4-magnitude temblor in the Mojave Desert — […]

BIDDEFORD — Weekly community breakfasts at Second Congregational Church have been discontinued for the summer, and with the church planning to relocate, a return date has not been set. Second Congregational Church at 19 Crescent St. in Biddeford has hosted free, weekly community pancake breakfasts on Sundays since January 2016. The breakfasts are run by […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — One of Southern Maine’s favorite destinations is throwing a birthday party this weekend with all the bells and whistles and everyone is invited. The Seashore Trolley Museum is celebrating its 80th Anniversary with festivities continuing through Monday with a bevy of activities including a trolley parade, model railroad layouts, evening trolley rides and […]

A developer behind projects in Portland and Saco has been sued by a business partner who alleges he “squandered, embezzled and stole” money from their company to pay personal debts and maintain a lifestyle he could not afford. Meanwhile, development properties on Saco Island and in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood are due to be sold at […]