SPRINGVALE — St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish (Holy Family Church in Sanford and Notre Dame Church in Springvale) is planning a special baby shower to assist mothers and babies in need nearly two thousand miles away. The baby shower will be held at the Springvale Knights of Columbus Hall on Bridge Street from 10 a.m. […]

Bath Police arrested three men and seized 11 grams of cocaine and crack cocaine after a two-month joint investigation with state and regional officials. Roy L. Jackson and Derius Wilson-Black, both of Bath, and Steve Juenemann of Freeport, were arrested Thursday after police searched an apartment at 9A Pleasant St., Bath police Lt. Robert Savary […]

A U.S. team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Donald Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take place. Both the State Department and South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the American and North Korean officials have been engaged in talks at […]

AUGUSTA — Plans to restore and re-purpose the only remaining building of the massive riverfront Edwards mill complex may rely on attracting a private developer or organization with $3 million to spend. The complex at one time employed thousands of Franco-Americans who came to Augusta to create a better life for their families by toiling […]

CAMDEN — As summer approaches and the number of vehicles using the streets in Camden and Rockport increases, Police Chief Randy Gagne is urging motorists to use caution and obey all motor vehicle traffic laws. Gagne, who heads the Camden and Rockport Police Departments, issued a friendly reminder May 25, thanking motorists for their cooperation. “Common […]

ROCKLAND — A state judge set bail at $300 cash — against the recommendations of the prosecution — for a Rockland man accused of breaking into a motor vehicle for the second time in a month. Anthony W. Bates, 55, was arrested Wednesday night, May 23, and charged with burglary of a motor vehicle and violating […]

GARDINER — For weeks, scaffolding and hydraulic lifts on Water Street have signaled an unusual level of construction activity. Many of the projects are part of the city’s facade improvement program, funded by a $140,000 Community Development Block Grant’s Microenterprise Program and the work funded by the program is expected to wrap up by the […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — English musician Sting sang “My One and Only Love” at Brown University after he and his wife Trudie Styler accepted honorary degrees. Brown presented them with the degrees Sunday at its 250th commencement. Nobel Prize-winning physicist J. Michael Kosterlitz was among the other honorees. Sting in 1977 formed the pioneering British […]