SHAPLEIGH — A 76- year-old Shapleigh man with dementia who drove away from his home early Sunday was found safe several hours later in northern Vermont. York County Sheriff Bill King late Sunday said Jerome Fecteau was on his way back to Maine with his family. He had left his Shapleigh home, driving the family’s […]

BUXTON — Directors of the Bonny Eagle School District tonight are poised to appoint Bonny Eagle High School Principal Paul Penna as interim superintendent for the upcoming academic year. The Maine School Administrative District 6 board will consider the appointment of Penna at its 6 p.m. meeting at the district’s central office, 94 Main St. […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is touting strides in reducing homelessness among military veterans as his administration reaches the halfway point in building a massive database on veterans’ health. Overall veteran homelessness has been cut nearly in half, by 47 percent, although that’s still short of Obama’s long-held goal of getting it to zero by […]

Here is a list of regularly scheduled meetings for area councils, boards of selectmen and school boards; meetings are public. Acton: Selectmen usually meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday at Town Hall, 35 H Road; the next meeting is Aug. 9. The school board meets at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday at […]

HOLLIS — An Otisfield man has been arrested and charged with stealing a car on Waterboro Road July 29. Maine State Police say Daniel Thompson, 19, who had been camping in a tent in the South Tamworth Road in Otisfield, was taken into custody without incident on Sunday. Police had posted video surveillance of the […]

YARMOUTH (AP) — What started out as a joke became reality this past weekend when a Maine restaurant cooked up a 100- pound burger to celebrate its first year in business. WCSH-TV reports the owners of Dirigo’s Public House in Yarmouth worked all day Sunday to cook a freshly ground, 70-pound beef patty that weighed […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine wildlife officials are asking residents to be aware of phony websites that lure customers into phishing scams with false promises of hunting licenses. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says residents should make sure they only attempt to buy sporting licenses and registrations from the Maine.gov website. The department […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Southern New England lobster fishermen might have to start throwing back smaller lobsters in an attempt to stem population losses. New restrictions are on tap for the region’s historic lobster fishery, which is grappling with an unprecedented decline. Scientists have said lobsters off southern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut have declined in […]