BIDDEFORD — Now here’s a free offer that’s hard to pass up. The Maine Lighthouse Trust is giving away what it hopes will be Maine’s first lighthouse specialty license plate at no charge for a limited time. Following approval from the Maine Secretary of State to launch a campaign for Maine’s first lighthouse specialty license plate […]

BIDDEFORD — Local businesses often reach out to the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology Engineer and Design students to help prototype new products or innovations. “The process is good for both the company and the students,” says BRCOT Engineering instructor, Ed Driscoll, whose Engineering and Architectural Design students recently helped Ergo Pros, an Arundel-based ergonomic […]

Two Chinese nationals who were living in Concord, New Hampshire, have been arrested and charged with running a sex trafficking ring in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont that included homes and hotels in Portland, South Portland and Kittery. The case against Sou Chao Li, 37, and Derong Maio, 37, husband and wife, was outlined in […]

AUGUSTA –Gov.-elect Janet Mills has tapped a Mainer and former health policy expert in the Obama administration to be the commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Jeanne Lambrew, who grew up in Cape Elizabeth, worked in the Obama White House for seven years as the deputy director of health policy. She […]

RANDOLPH — A pair of Randolph residents were arrested on heroin, cocaine and fentanyl trafficking charges after a Thursday drug bust. Eric Colbert, 33, also known as “Grease,” “Korey” and “Kellz,” and Teresa Merrill, 50, were arrested at their 17 Kinderhook St. residence after a monthlong investigation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency that included […]