PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Museum of Art is keeping extended hours Thursday and Saturday for the final week of its record-setting exhibition of Winslow Homer works. Record numbers of museum-goers have viewed the exhibit, Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine, since it opened in September. The exhibit, which ends this Sunday, features 38 of Homer’s […]

CAPE ELIZABETH — Three juveniles were arrested and multiple others summoned in the wake of cookies laced with marijuana being sold at Cape Elizabeth High School earlier this month, according to police. Capt. Brent Sinclair of the Cape Elizabeth Police Department said three boys, two 17-year olds and a 15-year old, are facing aggravating trafficking […]

LIMINGTON — A Christmas Eve gathering in Limington ended with one man going to jail after he assaulted a family member and a rescue worker, police said. York County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to Hardscrabble Road after a report that Steven Perkins, 26, of Limington was acting strangely, according to Maj. William King. Shortly after […]

KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — The state police dive team is using sonar to search for two boatbuilding students who went missing last week and whose clothing was found on an island near Kennebunkport, Maine. The Maine Marine Patrol says two boats and an airplane were being used in Wednesday’s search for 21-year-old Zachery Wells of Burlington, […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — A 156-acre tract of undeveloped land in the center of Scarborough has been purchased by the Scarborough Land Trust for preservation. Warren Woods, a tract of woods, fields and wetlands along the Nonesuch River, was sold to the land trust by its previous owner, Harvey Warren, on Dec. 21. The Portland Press […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — Colby College has set the opening date for a new pavilion at its art museum. The Waterville college says the July 13, 2013, opening of the 26,000-square-foot Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion will make the Colby College Museum of Art the largest art museum in Maine. The $15-million pavilion creates a light-filled gateway to […]

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says the Gym Dandies will ride 6-foot unicycles in formation during the 57th Inaugural Parade. The Gym Dandies are made up of 41 students ages 8-18 who practice circus arts such as unicycle riding, stilt walking and juggling. Jon Cahill, who founded the group when he was a physical education teacher […]

KENNEBUNKPORT (AP) — Clothing belonging to two missing boat-building students has been found on an island near Kennebunkport. Marine Patrol Col. Joseph Fessenden told the Portland Press Herald that searchers looking for 21-year-old Zachery Wells and 23-year-old Prescott Wright found pieces of their clothing early Monday morning. Wells, of Burlington, Vt., and Wright, of Barnstable, […]