Kennebunk Land Trust will host its annual Fall Social and Annual Meeting. The event will be held on Sept. 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Kennebunk Savings Bank Operations Center, 7 Alewive Park Road in West Kennebunk. According to a land trust press release, the event is designed as “a fun and celebratory […]
August 2024
Waterville man charged with murder in death of man at Cool Street home
Thomas Lowrie, 41, appeared in court Monday after being charged Sunday with a man’s death at 119 Cool St. in Waterville, according to the Maine State Police.
Some Amtrak Downeaster service suspended, modified through Sunday
Two trains are cancelled for the week and others will have modified service to allow crews to complete work in Wells.
Rain hampers last chance for Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival launches
After five cancelled balloon launches between Friday and Sunday morning, Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival attendees came out one last time with hopes to see a launch.
Best of the best girls’ hockey teams…revisited
Cheverus’ back-to-back title teams crash the party.
Cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed at least 22 people, health minister says
CAIR — Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and devastating floods. Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in a statement that at least 22 people […]
‘The first to go to work’: Morse football embraces midnight practice tradition
Every minute counts when it comes to preseason preparation, especially the first.
Matsuyama averts collapse, wins FedEx Cup playoff opener
Hideki Matsuyama blows a five-stroke lead but recovers with two late birdies in the St. Jude Championship.
A hunter’s graveyard shift: grabbing pythons in the Everglades
The Florida Python Challenge, hosted by the wildlife commission to incentivize people to track down invasive Burmese pythons that thrive in Florida’s preserved wetlands, ended Sunday.
Ernesto strengthens back into hurricane, sends powerful swells, rip currents to U.S. East Coast
The National Weather Service earlier posted a coastal flood advisory and warned of a high risk for rip currents along the Atlantic Coast through Monday evening, saying they “can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.”