Acton News

The following babies were born at York Hospital during the month of October: Oct.

He was taken to the York County Jail in lieu of cash bond. Monday, Nov. 2 4:22 p.m. Benjamin D. Marcellino, 20, of 73 Salt Marsh Drive, New Sharon, was issued a summons in the Route 109 area on a charge of criminal mischief for spray-painting graffiti on a railroad overpass.

An woman was in critical condition in Goodall Hospital in Sanford Tuesday following a one-vehicle crash on H Road in Acton.

EJ Hersom/Staff photographer Heriberto Acevedo places candy-coated strawberries onto a display in the Everything Chocolate booth at the Rochester Fair Thursday.

A man from Acton accused of killing his stepfather will enter a plea on Friday morning in York County Superior Court.

A total of 14 horses in Maine have died in recent weeks from Eastern Equine Encephalitis, and Mainea s top public health officer said Thursday that all Maine people must guard against the deadly virus, which is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.

The five lakes at the headwaters of the Salmon Falls are clean and blue. But algae could turn them into nasty a green pea soup if pollution controls are not implemented, according to consultants who spoke at a planning board meeting last week.

Courtesy photo Chris and Bill Palladino, left, the owners of Wild Willy's in Acton, are seen here with Lorrie Lovely, a representative of the food pantry in Lebanon, and Butch Lizotte, of the United Bikers of Maine for York County.

Saturday marks the 65th anniversary of the deadliest plane crash in Maine history.

SHAPLEIGH : Even at almost 100 years old, Bernadine Dunnells still remembers some details about the one-room schoolhouses she attended in Shapleigh nine decades ago.

An Acton, Maine, woman is facing multiple stalking charges, including one charge police allege stems from her driving past her ex-boyfriend in town and giving him "the finger." Nicole Dunbar, 38, of 860 H Road in Acton, appeared in Rochester District Court Tuesday via video feed from Strafford County jail to plead not guilty to three Class A ...

ACTON : A state hearing to decide whether Acton restaurant owner Patrick Hannon can keep his liquor license was completed Monday, but a decision is not expected for several weeks.

A fast-moving fire nearly destroyed a single-story three-bedroom home on Jamie Drive, located off Stoneham Road, on Saturday.

LEBANON : A 31-year-old Acton man suffered serious injuries Sunday morning after his pickup truck slammed into a tree on the Milton Mills Road in Lebanon, authorities said.

Rescuers responding to a crash in Lebanon said the truck involved was among the most badly damaged vehicles they had ever seen.

Mainers would see the sales tax on pet food go up from 5 percent to 6 percent under a proposal approved on a 12-1 vote by the Legislature's Agriculture, Forestry and Conservation Committee.

CTON, Maine - A parent from Revere, Mass., and 41 high school students are in hot water after police in Maine broke up an "after-prom" party in response to neighbor complaints about noise.

SHAPLEIGH : A memorial marker for a Revolutionary War veteran will be dedicated Saturday a ' 132 years after he was discharged from the Army and returned home to Maine.

SANFORD : It's obvious within minutes who's the alpha dog. [0] It's not Pace, the Doberman, despite his theatrics over another dog in heat.

Kennebunk music troupe, Merry Makers, is presenting "A Garland of May," a musical celebration of spring featuring English country music, dance, verse, and myth.