Saco News

Friends and family members of the Saco man who police say barricaded himself inside his house and then died in a fire that he set Saturday described him as a troubled man whose problems erupted during the past week.

Lawmakers showed strong support Monday for a resolve that directs the Maine National Guard to bring the state in line with federal guidelines related to the investigation, prosecution and adjudication of sexual assault in the military.

On Sunday, Catholic church leaders announced that the Rev. Jack Dickinson, Maine's youngest priest and the parochial vicar at Corpus Christi, has been assigned to a new location after two years in the Waterville-area parish.

Maine's Transportation Department would get the authority to raise the speed limit on Interstate 295 to 75 miles per hour from Scarborough to West Gardiner if a bill reviewed by state lawmakers Friday becomes law.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 10, 2013 Contact: Dawn Self-Cooper, York County CareerCenter, 207-324-5460; Julie Rabinowitz, Department of Labor, 621-5009 SPRINGVALE-The York County CareerCenter in Springvale is offering several programs in May for job seekers and those considering training to upgrade their skills and increase their employability.

Volunteers are needed to help veterans organizations place American flags at veterans' graves in the local cemeteries in time for Memorial Day.

A state lawmaker's bill to allow "the estates of unborn viable fetuses" to sue for wrongful death is scheduled for a public hearing next week in Augusta.

In a narrow decision, lawmakers accepted an amendment to a bill offered by Sen. John Patrick, D-Rumford, that could allow police to use a drone without a search warrant .

Work is of two kinds: first altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have given school boards the authority to decide whether their superintendents should be required to live in the communities where they work.

The Maine Senate has given final approval and sent to Gov. Paul LePage a bill allowing - but not ordering - higher speeds on Maine's interstate highways.

A Ugandan man who lives in Saco Maine ,United States has been convicted of helping arrange a fake marriage so another man could become a legal permanent resident of the United States.

On Tuesday, the Legislature approved a bill that would allow school boards, rather than the municipal charter, to determine whether superintendents must reside within their school districts.

A Yarmouth man was arrested Tuesday after police say they found him walking naked along a trail at Cascade Falls Park.

A coalition of women legislators and abortion rights activists will hold a press conference Thursday to condemn the bills as anti-choice. The first bill bolsters Maine's law requiring informed consent about information, the second allows a wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child, and the final proposal strengthens the ... (more)

That meant we were going on a family adventure, with no set itinerary. We would get in the car and see where the road brought us.

Police cracking down on illicit activity in a park in Saco, Maine, have arrested a naked man discovered walking along one of the park's main trails.

Make-A-Wish Maine is hosting its 13th annual Walk For Wishes at seven locations across Maine including Rockland on Thursday, May 16.

New England's grid operator and attorneys general, regulators and consumer advocates in four states have settled a dispute over the regional agency's proposed budget.

Joel Hanmer, 34, was caught speeding on Buxton Road just after 4 p.m. on April 24, Saco Deputy Chief Jeffrey Holland said Monday.