Kittery News

KITTERY, Maine - School teachers and the Kittery School Committee have ratified a three-year contract that both sides say was the result of collaborative discussions and in the end reflects a still-sagging economy.

Spring Island Cleanups Start on National Trails Day Option for Casco Bay Island Cleanup coverage on 6/2/12 PORTLAND, ME - With National Trails Day approaching, the Maine Island Trail Association announces the addition of three islands to the Maine Island Trail -- a coastal waterway that links uninhabited islands and mainland sites from Kittery to ... (more)

Two juveniles have been arrested in connection with a car break-in on Monday. Kittery police were alerted to a car burglary in progress at Woodland Commons apartment complex in the northern section of Kittery.

Fire personnel from the Submarine Base Fire Department, from left, Capt. Peter Woodbury, firefighter Ian Canavan, firefighter John Dwire Jr., Capt.

A union leader said Tuesday he's confident the fire-damaged USS Miami can be repaired, but it'll be several weeks before the Navy reaches conclusions on the extent of damage.

YORK, Maine - A woman made off with an undisclosed amount of cash Tuesday afternoon after quietly handing a note to a teller at the Kennebunk Savings Bank, then walking out with the money, according to police.

People driving southbound on the Maine Turnpike are being warned of delays due to heavy traffic between Kittery and the York Toll Plaza.

Bill Tebo, state commander of the U.S. Sub Vets of World War II, right, and Matt Shea of the Portsmouth Young Marines salute following the laying of the wreath at the USS Capelin Memorial during a Memorial Day ceremony at Albacore Park Monday.

Lee Perkins, director of Rice Public Library in Kittery, Maine, displays a poster focusing on the building of the Memorial Bridge in 1923.

One of the most interesting economic development ideas to come down the pike in awhile is Peter Vigue's plan for an east-west highway across the heart of Maine, running from the Maritime provinces to Sherbrooke, Quebec, where it would connect to major highways serving the American Midwest.

KITTERY, Maine - It was a bittersweet morning for Memorial Day Parade Chairman Norman Leon of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9394 as he gave his last address Saturday at Orchard Grove Cemetery.

Patricia Beal of Eliot, Maine, looks through a scrapbook she created about USS Thresher describing its launch as well as the disaster when 129 sailors and civilians, including her brother-in-law, Danny Beal, were killed in 1963.

Auto Spa Car Wash owner David Woods, right, has pledged to donate all proceeds from his York, Maine, business this weekend to help 4-year-old Dakota Carter's family raise money for a handicapped-accessible van.

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, holds a press conference Friday at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

Kittery, Maine - On Saturday, June 2, The Dance Hall in Kittery will have its first anniversary fundraiser, The Dance Hall Carnivale! celebrating the historic landmark Kittery Grange Hall, serving the community since 1928.

The Maine Steiners, the University of Maine's premier all-male a'capella group, will perform at the Second Christian Congregational United Church of Christ in Kittery on Tuesday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m. While the event is free to the public, a free-will offering will benefit Fair Tide.

Music was flourishing in Europe many thousands of years before the birth of Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven, scientists have learned.

Officials have started ventilating fresh air into a nuclear-powered submarine two days after a fire swept through part of the vessel at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.

Talks between Iran and six world powers snagged Wednesday over dueling proposals concerning Tehran's nuclear program, a tug-of-war that pits international concerns about the Islamic Republic's potential to build... Tough negotiations between Iran and world powers over Tehran's nuclear program ended Thursday with a plan to meet next month for ... (more)

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO AP Education Writer When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's teachers' unions and unable to stand up for... By CHRISTINE ARMARIO AP Education Writer When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's ... (more)