FREEPORT Boy Scout Troop 45, Webelos and Cub Scout Pack 45 of Freeport and Pownal are out to break a record this weekend, and they want the community to help. The scouts on Saturday are participating in the Scouting for Food Drive, an annual project that aims to collect more than 3,000 pounds of non-perishable […]

BRUNSWICK Seven-year-old Aaliyah Wilson, with backpack on, anxiously waited with family in her driveway Tuesday morning for her ride to school. Finally, her ride arrived — a big, yellow vehicle with flashing lights. But, it wasn’t a school bus. As a fire safety raffle winner, Aaliyah won a ride to Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School […]

FREEPORT — L.L.Bean is a major donation site for the Coats for Seniors project, sponsored by the Maine Association of Area Agencies on Aging. The project collects gently used, clean coats for older adults in need. As a project partner, L.L.Bean will set up a collection booth for coats at its flagship store in Freeport […]

AUBURN A farm where a teenager died in a hayride crash acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that criminal negligence played a role in the tragedy. A lawyer for the girl’s family accused Harvest Hill Farm of putting “profit ahead of safety” by neglecting maintenance before the hayride went out of control, killing 17-year-old Cassidy […]

SACO In September, the Saco City Council passed a ban on Styrofoam containers used for take-out food sales. The council is now considering a proposal that would prohibit grocery stores from using single use plastic bags, encouraging the use of reusable bags. The proposal was discussed at a city council workshop Monday. Under the proposed […]

ALFRED A woman, who police say broke into a Lebanon convenience store, stole a safe and then ran it over with a car in an attempt to open it, has been indicted on several charges. A York County grand jury Nov. 9 formally charged Tatania Gagnon, 32, of Hubbard Road in Berwick with burglary, theft, […]

HOLLIS ( AP) — Maine State Police say a woman is being treated for a gunshot wound and a man is being questioned following a shooting in Hollis. Police said the shooting took place outside of a home at about 8: 30 p. m. Tuesday. The woman, who is in her 30s, was taken to […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — GOP Gov. Paul LePage says southern Maine and out-of-state money have too much influence on what referendum questions appear on the ballot. In his weekly address, LePage said he will submit legislation asking lawmakers to amend the state constitutional to require ballot campaigns to gather a proportion of signatures from each county. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Democrats and Republicans have selected new leaders of the state’s divided Senate. Democrats picked Sen. Troy Jackson as minority leader and Sen. Nate Libby as assistant minority leader. The senators respectively hail from Aroostook and Androscoggin County, and say they’ll fight for more resources to fight the drug epidemic and bring […]

ALFRED (AP) — A former Maine corrections officer who gained national attention when he donated his kidney to a woman last year has been charged with sexually assaulting a female inmate he was responsible for supervising. A jury recently indicted 31- year- old Joshua Dall- Leighton, of Standish, on charges that include gross sexual assault. […]