WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed frustration to Attorney General William Barr last month about how the findings of his Russia investigation were being portrayed, saying he worried that a letter summarizing the main conclusions of the probe lacked the necessary context and was creating public confusion about his team’s work, a Justice […]

Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law Tuesday that made Maine one of the first states to ban single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene. The law prohibits restaurants, coffee shops, food trucks, grocery stores and other “covered establishments” from using containers made of polystyrene – known by the trade name Styrofoam – as of […]

ALFRED (AP) — The delayed sentencing of a defrocked Massachusetts priest convicted of sexually abusing an altar boy is scheduled for late May. Officials at York County Superior Court in Maine say 76-year-old Ronald Paquin will be sentenced on May 24. A pair of men testified they were altar boys when he was on trips to Maine in […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Dave Donovan helped countless people in his 32 years as a firefighter, and now it’s his turn to receive help. Dave and his wife, Gale, originally from Massachusetts, decided to move to Maine from North Carolina in 2016. With their two sons grown and settled into college, it seemed like the […]

ALFRED — A traffic stop precipitated by a broken taillight and an expired inspection sticker led to the arrest of a suspect allegedly driving on a suspended license. As well, York County Sheriff William L. King Jr., said Stephen Thuotte, 57, of Waterboro had previously been released on bail conditions and that he was the […]