WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will be leaving the administration at year’s end, President Donald Trump said Saturday. In his resignation letter, obtained by The Associated Press, Zinke said “vicious and politically motivated attacks” against him had “created an unfortunate […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — In August 1991, President George H.W. Bush stood outside of his “Summer White House” to talk to reporters about the recession, hostages in Lebanon and the impact his presidency was having on Kennebunkport. He worried he was a “magnet” that drew demonstrations and increased traffic in the tiny seaside village where he would […]

WATERVILLE — The mother of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds is expected to file a lawsuit Monday, alleging the father caused the child’s death seven years ago. The wrongful death suit will be filed in Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland against Justin DiPietro, according to William Childs, the attorney for Ayla’s mother, Trista Reynolds. Childs […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Jackson has used digital wizardry to conjure J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth and King Kong’s 1930s New York, but he has now — in perhaps his most acclaimed film — employed all his technical powers to bring to life the Western Front of the first World War. Jackson’s “They Shall Not […]

VASSALBORO – Five York County officers are among 62 who graduated Friday from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy after 18 weeks of training. Most will begin patrolling immediately, in time for Christmas and New Year’s Eve enforcement efforts, said Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland. The five new York County officers are Samantha Prior of […]