KENNEBUNKPORT — The town of Kennebunkport has approved the purchase of a used boat for the Cape Porpoise Harbormaster. Cape Porpoise Harbor is located off Pier Road. The harbor has about 120 moorings, the majority used by commercial fisherman, according to the Kennebunkport town website. After listening to a presentation by Cape Porpoise Harbormaster Chris […]

BOSTON (AP) — A young man who says Kevin Spacey groped him in a Nantucket bar in 2016 has dropped his lawsuit against the Oscar-winning actor, his lawyer said Friday. Spacey still faces a criminal charge. He pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery in January. His accuser’s lawyer, Mitchell Garabedian, announced in an […]

A sinkhole has caused a partial road collapse in Westbrook, according to police. The hole opened up Friday morning on Spring Street at the intersection with Anderson Road, police said in a Facebook post. The hole in the pavement appears to be a couple feet wide, although the underlying sink hole appears to be larger, […]

The Portland International Jetport is scheduled to add four daily round trips to Boston, starting in September. Cape Air, a regional carrier from Barnstable, Massachusetts, will begin flying out of the jetport to Logan International Airport on Sept. 18. Travelers will fly on a Cessna 402, a twin-engine, propeller-driven airplane with seating for nine passengers, […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The body of a slain college student has been recovered in a Utah canyon about 85 miles away from a backyard in Salt Lake City where other remains were found last week, police said Friday. The disclosure came in the case involving 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. Authorities previously said some of […]

BIDDEFORD — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Biddeford Police from June 30 to July 4: • Noah R. Hutchins, 18, of Rochester, New Hampshire, was issued a summons for illegally transporting drugs by a minor. • Patrick J. Costello, 55, of Biddeford, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. • Christina L. Barrington-Martineau, […]

The rainy, unseasonably cool days in May and June triggered die-offs of some browntail moth caterpillar populations, scientists say, providing temporary relief to Mainers who battle the itchy rash and respiratory problems caused by the caterpillars. If there’s frequent damp weather in late spring, that can lead to the proliferation of a fungus – entomophaga […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated the story of America as “the greatest political journey in human history” in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy but cheering crowd of spectators, many of them invited, on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial. Supporters welcomed his tribute to the U.S. military while protesters assailed […]