OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or issued a summons from July 29 and Aug. 3, 2019: • Shane Girard, 23, of Scarborough, was issued a summons for drinking in public. • Christopher Green, 26, of Taunton, Massachusetts was issued a summons for consuming […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Sid Haig, the bearded character actor best known as Captain Spaulding in the “House of 1000 Corpses” trilogy, has died. Haig representative Kathleen Schultz tells The Associated Press that he died Saturday after a recent fall in his home. He was 80. “House of 1000 Corpses” director Rob Zombie posted a […]

University of Southern Maine officials were working Monday to relocate a food pantry, a dining hall, the campus bookstore and other services from the student center because of flooding caused by a water pipe that burst over the weekend. The school is still not sure what caused the underground fire main to rupture beneath the […]

Gorham police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 13-year-old girl who was last seen Thursday night. Nevaeh Joyce of Gorham was last seen around 6 p.m. walking toward Windham following an argument, Interim Police Chief Christopher Sanborn in a statement. Her cellphone was taken away from her, Sanborn said. Joyce has […]

The new leader of Maine’s child welfare system said on Monday that he will propose boosting a near-dormant state program that would expand counseling services for families with at-risk children. The initiative, which is still in its early stages, would include dozens of additional therapists. Todd Landry, director of the Office of Child and Family […]

AUGUSTA — A woman who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old student from a Fairfield school for at-risk youths, where she was employed as a direct care worker, was sentenced Monday to serve at least 18 months in prison. The sentencing followed emotional testimony during which she apologized. Tia Chris-Ann Rousseau, 31, sexually assaulted the teenage boy Oct. […]