SACO — A Massachusetts developer with ties to other properties on the island has purchased Saco Island East. There was little fanfare Tuesday morning at a public auction, which was held on the Saco Island East property, a vacant six-acre parcel on the east side of Main Street on Saco Island, a small island that […]

WELLS – A traffic stop on the Maine Turnpike in Wells on Monday resulted in the arrest of a Dorchester, Massachusetts, suspect on drug charges. Damion Dunkley, 28, was arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking in Schedule W drugs after a search of his vehicle turned up an estimated 145 grams of crack cocaine, according […]

DALLAS (AP) — H. Ross Perot rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty to become a self-made billionaire who twice ran for president with a mixture of folksy sayings and simple solutions to America’s problems. His 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by an independent candidate in the last century. […]

ALFRED – A developer behind projects in Portland and Saco has been sued by a business partner who alleges he “squandered, embezzled and stole” money from their company to pay personal debts and maintain a lifestyle he could not afford. In the lawsuit against Bernard Saulnier, real estate broker John Veneziano says Saulnier took money […]

LEWISTON — An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted a Biddeford man Tuesday on several charges related to a police chase from Lewiston to Monmouth in May. Allan D. Walsh, 46, was charged with felony counts of eluding an officer, aggravated operating after habitual offender revocation and unauthorized use of property. He was also charged with […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A new scholarship for Old Orchard Beach High School graduates is being established to honor the late Joel Barnes, a firefighter who died a hero on March 1. Barnes graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School in 2005. From a young age, his dream was to be a firefighter, and he […]