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Two emergencies involving divers unfolded at Maine’s Nubble Lighthouse this week, leading to man’s rescue and another’s death. The first one came Monday morning, when a man became exhausted after diving and trying to swim to shore. He was rescued with the help of bystanders. The second incident, which took place Tuesday afternoon, turned fatal. The U.S. Coast Guard,...

A man died in an emergency at a lighthouse in York, Maine, after another diver had been helped to shore by bystanders.

This month, A Massachusetts man paid a 42-year-old parking ticket he got in York, Maine, while on a day trip to get some ice cream back in 1978. It was a beautiful July morning when Gary Urgonski, then 30 and living in Newton, made the drive to “just casually get an ice cream” on the Maine coast. However, the frivolity…

Welcome to December! We’re in the grips of phase 1 of the nor’easter Sunday night. Snowfall has come on strong across southern New England and is inching to the north across southern Maine.

A 19-year-old was clocked driving 126 miles per hour in Greenland, New Hampshire. When asked why he was traveling at that speed, Alexey Kidney told police he was a little late for work. Kidney, of York, Maine, was driving in a 65 miles per hour speed zone on Interstate 95 southbound around 7:30 a.m. Sunday when a New Hampshire State...

At one point during the Patriots’ 33-0 shutout over the Jets last week, second-year quarterback Sam Darnold said he felt as if he was “seeing ghosts.” New England’s defenses have had that effect on young quarterbacks during coach Bill Belichick’s tenure. The Patriots have won 20 straight games against first- or second-year signal callers, the longest such streak in NFL...

Tom Brady addressed the media Friday ahead of Sunday’s Patriots game against the Cleveland Browns.

At worst, it has meant millions of dollars lost and layoffs. At best, it has changed business plans. Maine seafood dealers are facing all kinds of challenges since China imposed retaliatory tariffs on live lobster imports in response to the Trump administration’s tariffs on Chinese goods. The Maine International Trade Commission estimates there has been an 81% drop in live...

Police say a Massachusetts man drowned while swimming at Long Sands Beach in York, Maine. Life guards, fire and volunteer ambulance service administered first aid to the man, who was pronounced dead at York Hospital.

One of three urns containing the cremated remains of 42-year-old Sam Abreght was taken over the weekend at the Salvation Army in York, Pennsylvania.

One of three urns containing the cremated remains of 42-year-old Sam Abreght was taken over the weekend at the Salvation Army in York, Pennsylvania.

Alicia Jessop knew Friday was going to be a memorable day, but she didn’t realize it would be one she’d never forget.

A Florida man is facing charges after police in Maine say he entered a York home and got into bed with a juvenile girl early Monday morning. Claudio Pinto, 31, of Miami, is facing charges of burglary and assault in connection with the incident at the home on Orchard Farms Road. Police said they received a 911 call from a...

Minority employees at Harley-Davidson’s plant in Kansas City have been subjected to years of harassment and discrimination — including having swastikas and nooses posted in the plant, frequent racial epithets and at least one assault, several employees said at a news conference organized by the NAACP-Kansas City on Friday. “All the time I worked there it’s been there, it’s just...

U.S. News and World Report has released its annual ranking of the nation’s top high schools. Only two public schools in New England — Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone, Maine and Boston Latin in Boston, Massachusetts — cracked the top 100 on the new list.

A pair of Maine lawmakers want stray balloons to be labelled as litter. On Wednesday, the idea was presented as draft bill L.D. 937 to the state legislature’s joint Environment and Natural Resources Committee. The bill would make balloon releases, sometimes done at weddings, funerals and other special celebrations, illegal in Maine.

Police in Canton are searching for two cars involved in what may have been a road rage incident.

A nine-year veteran of the Philadelphia police department was saved from a wreck Thursday night, moments before the vehicle exploded into flames.

At approximately 11:22 a.m. police received multiple 911 calls reporting a vehicle collision into a house at 315 State Rd. An investigation determined a pickup truck driven by Simon Quero-Luna of Gardner, Massachusetts veered off the road and collided with the house, according to police.

Facebook on Tuesday began taking down pages affiliated with the “Proud Boys,” a far-right organization whose members were allegedly involved in a violent fight in New York this month, NBC News reported. Pages on Facebook and Instagram that previously belonged to the group disappeared and instead showed messages saying they were not available. The social networking company confirmed the move...