BIDDEFORD — While the mayor says changes made to the rules of the City Council in January have so far done what they were intended to do – bring civility back to city meetings – some feel the changes are too restrictive of free speech. Last year, the municipal officers meetings that occurred alongside City […]

SACO — The Biddeford- Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit Committee has voted to pay the city back the $8,000 down payment it made on the Camp Ellis Trolley last year. In 2015, a seasonal trolley style bus provided transportation from downtown Saco to Old Orchard Beach and then to Camp Ellis, and back to downtown Saco. […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is due to meet face-to-face Tuesday with the Senate Republican leaders vowing to block his Supreme Court nominee – no matter who it is – with the hope of keeping the seat open for a Republican president to fill next year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Judiciary Committee […]

MANASSAS, Va. — An Army staff sergeant has admitted shooting his wife and three police officers who showed up at his front door, including a rookie officer working her first shift who died from her wounds, according to court records. Ronald Hamilton, 32, of Woodbridge, is charged with capital murder in Officer Ashley Guindon’s shooting […]

SANFORD — An Internet funding site has been set up to help a local family replace their belongings after an early morning fire at their Church Street apartment on Saturday. Dean Alan Gilliam, a volunteer firefighter in Arundel, said on the GoFundMe website that he was unable to put out the fire himself because he […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Some of New England’s embattled cod fishermen say they might go out of business because of a new cost the federal government is about to impose on them today. Fishermen of important commercial species such as New England cod and haddock must pay the cost of fishing monitors under new rules scheduled […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — An Augusta man who prosecutors say intentionally hit a box truck head-on with his car has pleaded guilty to charges in the Manchester crash. The Kennebec Journal reports 38-year-old Christopher Corliss entered the plea Monday in Augusta to aggravated assault and aggravated criminal mischief. Corliss entered the Co- Occurring Disorders and Veterans […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — More than 800 Maine residents who bought timeshares for Festiva resorts are able to change the contracts as the result of a lawsuit settlement between the company and the attorney general’s office. The agreement announced on Monday lets people either opt out of their 40-year timeshare contracts or reduce the contracts to […]