KENNEBUNK — H.B. Provisions, a general store in Kennebunk’s Lower Village has paid $92,000 in back wages and damages to 69 employees for violating the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act for a three-year period. As well, the employer has paid $20,700 in penalties, according to a statement issued by the Wage […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone on Thursday amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal with world powers, American and Iranian officials said, while disputing the circumstances of the incident. The Guard said it shot down the drone over Iranian airspace, while two U.S. […]

BIDDEFORD — La Kermesse, a local celebration of French heritage and fellowship, returns to Biddeford this weekend for the 37th year, bringing music, food and fun. La Kermesse, French for “The Festival,” has been a mainstay of the community since its inception. “I don’t know June without this,” said Jessica Quattrone, president of La Kermesse. […]

The school district for the towns of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel has reached a settlement with a former teacher who filed a complaint last year alleging that she was retaliated against for expressing concerns about two incidents of racism. The RSU 21 Board of Directors met in executive session last week and then voted Monday […]

The Maine Supreme Court has upheld a guilty plea in one of the state’s oldest “cold cases” – the killing of a 4-month-old in 1979. The death of Nathan Hagar had originally been ruled as sudden infant death, an unexplained death considered accidental. That finding held up despite repeated confessions over the decades by Burton […]