Police have charged a York man with murder in connection with the stabbing death of a 39-year-old man reported at 3:36 a.m. Tuesday at a house on Rogers Road.

YORK — The York Center for Wildlife will open its doors for the public during its annual open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7.

With new backpacks and lunch boxes in hand, students at Village Elementary School on Tuesday waved goodbye to their smiling parents and said hello to a new year of school.

YORK — Gone are the days of chalkboards and chalk dust, and marker-streaked white boards — in the York School District, teachers and students are quickly adapting to a new, computer-based technology: the Smart Board.

Plans to revitalize York Beach with a series of zoning changes will make their way to a public hearing before the Board of Selectmen on Monday. Sept. 8.

"Probably not" is not a grouping of words you should ever encounter when looking for help from a company representative. Yet that is the exact wording I received from a company representative while traveling this past month.

With his friends at Village Woods, Paul Apgar shared his postcard collection as the York Housing Authority hosted its second Lunch and a Legend event at the Baldwin Center.

YORK — For the ninth year, Miles the Maine Turnpike Moose, D. Claude Lobster and toll collectors said "thank you and come again" to thousands of departing visitors leaving the state Monday afternoon at the end of Labor Day weekend.

YORK — When Thomas Lovejoy was seven he would sneak into a neighbor's yard and take flower clippings to plant in his family's garden.

YORK — The beach was ablaze with music, dancing, barbecue and memories of days gone by at this year's Benefit Bonfire on Saturday night.

Today, Sept. 3

The Old York Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, will from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday sponsor a yard sale table at the flea market in the parking lot of the St. Aspiquid Londge on Long Sands Road.

YORK — Police are investigating an alleged rape that was reported Thursday, Aug. 29.

YORK — While the downturn in traffic on the Maine Turnpike this summer means all turnpike projects are on the table, "we believe the York toll plaza is likely to remain a priority," said Maine Turnpike Authority spokesman Dan Paradee.

YORK — What's in your wallet?

YORK — The rainy weather that has been the bane of beach businesses this summer was an unexpected and welcome boon to the Museums of Old York, which saw attendance explode by as much as 70 percent in August alone.

YORK — Police were called for a report of a man whose pants were on fire on Wednesday, Aug. 27.

YORK — A Portsmouth, N.H., man was charged with numerous felonies and misdemeanors Saturday morning after leading authorities on a 100-mph chase and dodging a spike mat in a stolen Corvette, police said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins have announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's New England Office has awarded a $252,200 grant to help Maine's Healthy Beaches program oversee and improve the...

YORK — Residents can now help local police solve crimes, as York has recently become the eighth town in Maine to join the Crime Stoppers program.

YORK, Maine – State and York police are investigating a suspicious death of a 39-year-old man that was reported at 3:36 a.m. Tuesday at a house at 90 Rogers Road.

The York High School football team surprised many teams last season. The Wildcats, who started many underclassmen, probably even surprised themselves with their 6-3 regular-season record.

The York High School field hockey team is accustomed to playing deep into the Western Maine Class B tournament.

The York High School cross country teams opened the young season with duel victories. Both the boys and girls teams won the Mount Dessert Island Relays on Saturday. York's unique relay grouped the runners into four-man relay squad. Each runner ran a...

The York High School boys soccer team opens it season Saturday at Cape Elizabeth in the Western Maine Class B opener for both schools.

Wally Caldwell is entering his 14th season as head coach of the York High School girls soccer team. And this season will be different than the 13 previous — Caldwell is coaching a defending state champion.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation recently released the seventh annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates 583 businesses on a scale from 0 to 100 percent on their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees,...

PORTSMOUTH - Smuttynose Brewery owner Peter Egelston is putting his head where his heart is.

What is your name? Donald Poland and my partner's name is Jack Carew.

CAPE NEDDICK — The Cape Neddick Country Club was recently recognized by the USGA and the Professional Golfers' Association of America for its participation in the inaugural Patriot Golf Day. For one day last season, the club asked all golfers...

Academy of Little Learners opens

"Probably not" is not a grouping of words you should ever encounter when looking for help from a company representative. Yet that is the exact wording I received from a company representative while traveling this past month.

YORK — The York Center for Wildlife will open its doors for the public during its annual open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7.

UNE dean's list students

June 3, 2008

The York Public Library will play host to Teen Gaming Night this fall. The gaming night, sponsored by local group Gamers Rock, will provide teens with the opportunity to socialize with one another while playing a variety of video games, with titles...

The Old York Antiques Show is the culminating event of York Arts & Antiques Week. Located on the Museums of Old York's main campus on the corner of York Street and Lindsay Road, 20 antiques dealers will showcase their wares in the Old Schoolhouse,...

MARVEL users, if you have been frustrated by the search screens in many of the MARVEL! databases in the past, you are now in for a real treat. This summer, EBSCOhost 2.0 was unveiled, and we hope you find it simple and intuitive. I'll lead you...

With attempts to eat a little more local on the rise — plus concerns about the safety and environmental effects of farmed shrimp — it's nice to know there's Maine shrimp swimming in nearby seas. Prized for their sweetness and firm...

OGUNQUIT — Area musicians, restaurants and fans are banding together for a benefit concert to help local musician Lex Romane with the financial burden of a lengthy hospital stay earlier this year. Romane is the guitarist and vocalist of the...

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With the sun out, the Atlantic almost unseasonably warm, and the first swell of any size to hit the southern coast in weeks, the waters off Long Sands Beach were dotted with surfers of all shapes, sizes and abilities on Saturday.