PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Nearly 250 years ago, Capt. James Cook ran aground on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef during a voyage to the South Pacific to observe the planet Venus. His ship was the Endeavour, an ugly and awkward little vessel that improbably helped him become the first European to chart Australia’s east coast. Today, schoolchildren […]

{{tncms-asset app=”editorial” id=”4096c0d0-4ef9-11e4-835a-8f1ca97ee61f”}} PALMER {{tncms-asset app=”editorial” id=”4d24527c-4ef9-11e4-835e-ff2ed0ddb953″}} DONAHUE SACO — An Old Orchard Beach man and an Auburn man were arrested and charged Tuesday with aggravated assault and robbery involving a Twin City Taxi driver. Two men, later identified as Lance M. Palmer, 45, of 124 Third St., Auburn, and Travis Donahue, 42, of 39 […]

SACO — The city is considering making some renovations to the public works building on North Street, in lieu of constructing a new building. The city had begun making some repairs to the public works building last year. The facility, built in 1972, does not have adequate space for current operations and is in need […]

BIDDEFORD — The University of New England now has faster, more-affordable broadband service at its Biddeford and Portland campuses. Earlier this month, Maine Fiber Company connected the institution to the “Three Ring Binder” network, a dark fiber network that provides middle-mile connections between the Internet superhighway and to anchor institutions like UNE, school officials said. […]