York News

Hurry, dig out your old tripod - or buy a new one. The next really big thing coming into focus at the Memorial Bridge is the float-in of the center span, the final 300-foot section of the new structure.

Timothy R. Gerald, 48, 11 Cappy's Lane, York, died Saturday afternoon, May 18, when the pickup truck he was driving veered off Route 91 in York and hit a tree, according to police.

Torbert Macdonald edged out a win for a Board of Selectmen's seat over contender Mike Estes by just 18 votes Saturday night.

Incorporated in June 1788 and named for the Bible's "promised land," Canaan is commemorating its 225th year next month with dances, food and a parade.

A new selectman, a traffic light on Route 1 at the police station connector road, and the replacement of the Long Sands Beach bathhouse will be considered by voters Saturday as they face 55 budget warrant articles, another 14 ordinance amendments and easements, and two school questions at the polls.

Prized plants will be on display and for sale at Old York Garden Club's 43rd annual plant sale this Saturday, May 18 at the Grant House at Goodrich Park.

Gwendolyn I. Cornell, 92, formerly of 63 Cider Hill Road, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Durgin Pines.

Since it was signed into law in 2010 the Affordable Care Act has been resisted in some states , tested before the United States Supreme Court and contested by the Republican caucus in Congress.

Town officials found themselves in the odd position Monday night of debating whether to accept free money from the state.

The Seacoast Water Garden Club is hosting its eighth annual pond tour on Sundays from June 23 through Aug.

YORK, Maine – Darrel Griffin has joined RE/MAX Realty One in York and Ogunquit.

Eastport artist Arthur Cadieux's exhibit "The Edge Of Spring" opens Friday, May 24.

Arthur Orville Fletcher Jr., 91, of Kittery, died peacefully Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Langdon Place of Dover, N.H., with his daughter Gail by his side.

Members of the Wood Island Life Saving Station Association hope to draw throngs of residents who oppose the demolition of the more than 100-year-old station to a May 29 Town Council meeting.

"JAP SOLDIERS SWARM IN WOODS OF MAINE? Yellow Peril Threatens New England and New York - Startling Disclosures by Disgruntled Agent of the Mikado" This astonishing headline appeared in the Bangor Daily News on May 15, 1913, a century ago this week.

Gwendolyn I. Cornell, 92, formerly of 63 Cider Hill Road, died on Thursday, May 9, 2013, while residing at Durgin Pines.

With a week until Town Meeting, the group advocating for full access to the Cliff Walk ramped up its public awareness efforts on Saturday.

University of Maine new media graduate Jeff Spaulding walked up on stage at UMaine's 211th graduation ceremony traveling the same path that his mother, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great grandfather took years before.

York, Maine, product Chris Cassidy will be one of two NASA astronauts making a spacewalk today to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system at the International Space Station.

The CEO of Verso Paper Corp. said the cost of delivering natural gas to the company's paper mills in Jay and Bucksport during the first quarter of 2013 increased $22 million from the same period last year.