BRUNSWICK More than 250 participants put one foot in front of another today for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Brunswick walk. The three mile walk began at 11 a.m. Oct. 30 at the Brunswick Town Mall on Maine Street. The event had raised $55,858, with donations still coming in. Bailey Wood, 17, […]

LEWISTON (AP) — Police in Maine say a Lewiston Middle School student was struck and killed by a vehicle on Main Street. Lewiston Police say Jayden Cho-Sargent, a 13-yearold eighth-grader, was crossing Main Street at Frye Street in a crosswalk around 7:15 a.m. when he was hit by a pickup truck driven by Laurie Young, […]

LEWISTON (AP) — The Maine State Police Unsolved Homicide Unit is seeking information about the death of a 14-year-old boy in a decades-old fire at a South Paris home. The Sun Journal reports that police say Steven O’Neil had helped his stepparents and two younger stepbrothers escape the home before succumbing to smoke inhalation on […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Officials at the University of Southern Maine are investigating graffiti found in student senate offices that appears to express anti- Muslim sentiment. The Latin phrase “Deus Vult,” which means “God Wills It,” was found on a desk and a wall. The phrase was a rallying cry for Christians during the Crusades and […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — A former Maine fire chief charged with arson after he allegedly discarded a cigarette and ignited a blaze that scorched 42 acres has pleaded not guilty. WMUR-TV reports Ricky Plummer pleaded not guilty Thursday. He had submitted his resignation in May. He was charged with arson after prosecutors say he […]

BANGOR (AP) — An election cycle some have described as a fright appears to have attracted its first actual ghoul. Signs are popping up around Bangor advertising the campaign of Pennywise, the creepy clown from Stephen King’s 1986 novel “It.” The signs beseech residents to “Vote Pennywise” and include a picture of the clown showing […]

TURNER (AP) — Nine Maine agricultural firms will receive more than $1 million from the federal government to help develop new products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is providing the grants to help agricultural producers who want to build new product lines. One of the largest grants is a $250,000 award to Ricker Hill Orchards, […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine prison inmate is suing a health care provider for refusing to assess her as a transgender woman. Thirty-five-year-old Scott Gagnon is suing Correct Care Solutions, citing years of fighting with the company’s employees to acknowledge her as transgender. Gagnon also goes by Missy. The federal lawsuit says Gagnon has been […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine dermatologist is on trial on charges of taking more than $2.3 million in illegal medical deductions, illegally distributing prescription medications and fraudulently writing prescriptions for a woman who wasn’t a patient. Dr. Joel Sabean pleaded not guilty in federal court in Portland last year. The woman testified in court Wednesday […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. While Hillary Clinton accuses Donald Trump of appealing to hatred, the Republican nominee predicts that never-ending investigations will prevent his Democratic opponent from governing effectively. With polls showing Trump closing in on Clinton in key battleground states, her campaign is rushing to shore up support in Michigan and other long-standing Democratic strongholds. Her […]