York News Archives

Converting ocean winds into electricity could be a boon for the state but many obstacles need to be resolved before it can become a reality.

The York Police Department will add extra patrols for this year's trick-or-treating hours on Friday.

ROCKPORT : The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave., will open two new exhibitions with a public reception Friday, Oct.

YORK, Maine - There's an inscription at the base of the new flagpole at the American Legion Post 56: "Dedicated to past, present and future veterans.

The ocean will become a cleaner place thanks to some local kids, who are holding a fund-raiser for Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation on Sunday, Oct.

William P. Kelley, 19, 8 High Pasture Road, Kittery Point, was driving southbound on Southside Road in a 1999 Jeep.

University of New Hampshire researchers are getting more money to study how much acid rain is falling into lakes across northern New England and parts of New York.

ROCKLAND : Julia Friese will screen an episode of "Colonial House" and speak about her participation in the series Thursday, Oct.

The town has joined Kittery in applying for a $500,000 block grant to help residents weatherize their homes and make them more energy efficient.

Clearly, the most shameful and degrading part of the York schools' blockage of President Brack Obama's back to school speech was the pathetic and insulting solution devised by the superintendent and publicly ratified by the School Board.

The National Weather Service says strong northeasterly winds and an astronomical high tide are raising the possibility of coastal flooding.

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Firefighters responded to a two-alarm house fire early Thursday morning. A fire was reported at 2:16 a.m. Oct.

York Parks and Recreation Department is now accepting registration for the following programs: Creative Movement Class specializes in fostering a love of movement and music in the littlest of dancers.

The historical drama "Submit!" returns to York, Maine for three performances during Harvestfest weekend: Friday, Oct.

An Epping, N.H., man suspected of burglarizing at least one and perhaps other homes and vehicles in York has been arrested, police announced Friday morning.

PORTLAND : A major show of paintings, collages and watercolors by Charles DuBack of Tenants Harbor will open Saturday, Oct.

He has a court date of Dec. 10 in York District Court. Oct. 6 12:07 p.m. - A resident of Cider Hill Road reported the theft of jewelry from the home.

An Epping man suspected of burglarizing at least one and perhaps other homes and vehicles in York, Maine has been arrested, police announced Friday morning.

It's time for the 25th year of Harvestfest, and the plans for this year include some new activities along with the grand old traditions.

York Hospital's seasonal flu clinics that were to be held this Saturday in York, Kittery, South Berwick and Wells were postponed until more vaccine is received, said spokesperson Dawn Fernald.

Two by two, a procession of animals beside their human owners assembled into St.

York County is in a crisis. Faced with a $1.3 million shortfall, the county commissioners last month ordered 24 employees to be laid off, cutting by 40 percent the support staff for District Attorney Mark Lawrence, reducing by nearly one half the staff in the Register of Probate office and removing patrol deputies from the road.

Laid-off York County workers rallied in front of the courthouse in Alfred this morning to protest deep cuts in county staffiing.

The York Street Baptist Church welcomes new pastor Philip Burns at 6 p.m., Sunday, Oct.

A 51-year-old man charged with murder in the stabbing death of a friend in York, Maine, remains in jail after a jury failed to reach a verdict.

Oct 1 was Chris Cassidy Day in York Maine. In case you haven't heard, Chris Cassidy is a homegrown astronaut who spent a few days out of town this past summer.

Chris Cassidy was the only one at Thursday's Portsmouth Rotary Club meeting who could say he spent part of his summer in a 17,500 mph orbit doing a little repair work at 200 miles above the earth's surface.

Susan Froetschel, the author of three mystery novels, offers writing tips to would-be mystery writers in a Brown Bag Lunch program at noon Wednesday, Oct.

I personally wish to encourage town folk to get to the York High School gym Thursday night to give astronaut Chris Cassidy a welcome home he fully earned and deserves.