NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with growing tumult at home and abroad, President Donald Trump heads into his three-day visit to the United Nations this week hoping to lean on strained alliances while fending off questions about whether he sought foreign help to damage a political rival. Trump’s latest U.N. trip comes after nearly three years of […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Partial list of winners at the Primetime Emmy Awards. For the complete list, visit Emmys.com : Drama Series: “Game of Thrones” Comedy Series: “Fleabag” Actor, Comedy Series: Bill Hader, “Barry” Actress, Comedy Series: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag” Actor, Drama Series: Billy Porter, “Pose” Actress, Drama Series: Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve” Directing, Drama Series: Jason […]

CUMBERLAND — How many people do you need to lift a prize-winning giant pumpkin? Trick question. It takes three burly, bearded men – and a crane. Or so it did on the opening day of the 148th annual Cumberland County Fair, which featured pig races, pulling competitions, a demolition derby and the annual pumpkin contest, […]

Campus police at the University of Southern Maine are warning female students to be cautious after police received a report Saturday morning of a man who repeatedly tried get a student to come over to his car to look at a photograph on his cellphone. The incident took place around 10 a.m. in the area […]

SPRINGVALE – An idea hatched 30 years ago was the beginning, and, over time, the community trail system that began with a Kiwanis project has expanded in a big way. Sanford Kiwanians came together last week at Mousam Way Park, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Mousam Way Trail. There was […]

BIDDEFORD — Motorists on Elm Street in Biddeford should expect to experience delays during the week of Sept. 30, city officials said. A construction project on Elm Street between the Sleepy Hollow Motel and the Audie Insurance Agency will reduce traffic to one lane. Biddeford officials say that the project is being completed as part […]

Some Maine voters are saying they were duped into signing a petition that could lead to a statewide vote in March aimed at repealing a new law that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines. In emails to the Portland Press Herald and in posts on social media sites, voters are saying they were […]

SPRINGVALE – At Southern Maine Veterans Cemetery, a location many say is the most serene of places, people paused Saturday to remember friends, neighbors loved ones – and people they didn’t  know – who served in war and were imprisoned by the enemy or went missing in action. It was a solemn occasion on a […]