SPRINGVALE — A sick fox that Sanford Police had warned Springvale residents about on Thursday afternoon has been captured. Sanford Animal Control Officer Lauren Masellas in a social media posting said the fox would be tested to determine if it had rabies. Police had warned residents  in the area of  King and Rankin streets that […]

SANFORD – With city costs on the rise for trash hauling and disposal – and especially for recycling – the price of orange Pay As You Throw bags used for curbside pickup is poised to increase in Sanford to $13.50 a sleeve sometime this summer. Fees to dispose of some items at Sanford’s transfer station […]

ALFRED – A local man whom police say allegedly attempted to run over his former girlfriend twice and threatened her with a gun has been arrested. Maine State Police from Troop A in Alfred arrested Jason Holland, 36, of Alfred a day after the incident took place on Waterboro Road in Alfred. Troopers were dispatched […]

HONOLULU — The U.S. Navy will christen a new guided missile destroyer, the USS Daniel Inouye, during a ceremony in Maine. U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii will speak at Saturday’s ceremony in Bath, Maine. Inouye’s widow, Irene Hirano Inouye, will be the ship’s sponsor. The Arleigh Burke-class ship is being named after the war […]

Lawyers for former Maine House Speaker Mark Eves and former Gov. Paul LePage both claimed victory Wednesday after judges on a federal appeals court ruled LePage had immunity from claims contained in a lawsuit filed by Eves four years ago. But three of the appellate court judges wrote in a concurring opinion that LePage had […]

AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers worked through the early morning hours Thursday as they scrambled to complete action on a number of important and contentious issues before adjourning the 2019 legislative session just after 6:45 a.m. The Legislature managed to finish its work on a range of bills that do everything from tacking a new tax […]

AUBURN — The mother of Matthew Giguere’s children stood at the railing in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Thursday and read him a statement as he stared at the ceiling. “You changed my life when you wanted me to go with other guys to make money for our addiction,” she said. “I left our relationship […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A proposal to allow residences on the first floor of multi-unit buildings in the Old Orchard Beach neighborhood commercial district of the Washington Avenue corridor will take time to review. Washington Avenue runs east of Saco Avenue, beginning at Carlton Avenue and heading south to Union Avenue. A section of the […]