Tammy Wells

Courier / Post

Tammy Wells came to the Biddeford-Saco Old Orchard Beach Courier and Kennebunk Post from the now-defunct Journal Tribune, where she was a staff writer for 22 years. She's enjoyed writing about old soldiers, quilt shows and big floods, the high school marching band, murder trials and the big bust that everyone hoped would put a dent in the drug trade for a while. She believes citizens need to know about the mil rate and why one road is getting paved and another one isn’t, what exciting new business is moving to town, what company is leaving and how much it costs to run a school. Tammy was raised in New Brunswick, Canada. She enjoys photographic excursions throughout rural Maine and New Hampshire with her husband, reading, their cats Skippy and Lola, and small Canadian islands in Passamaquoddy Bay.

Saco council votes on revised Toddle Inn settlement

by Tammy Wells April 28, 2020

Terms remain undisclosed, and are contingent on the school board and owner agreeing, the mayor says.

Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach plan for 2020 graduation

by Tammy Wells April 28, 2020April 28, 2020

Coronavirus-related restrictions prove challenging.

Kennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies

Kennebunk Budget Board recommends 5.18 percent increase

by Tammy Wells April 27, 2020April 27, 2020

Increase is unchanged from original proposal, but some details are different.

Kennebunk Post

General assistance directors, Community Outreach Services, see increase in need for food, services

by Tammy Wells April 27, 2020April 27, 2020

Suddenly jobless, people await unemployment checks, wondering if they’ll have a job following the coronavirus crisis.

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Saco police use spike mat to nab reported erratic driver

by Tammy Wells April 26, 2020April 26, 2020

Motorist allegedly backed into construction vehicle, drove in wrong lane, fled from police.

Kennebunk Post, Southern Maine Weeklies

National survey: Kennebunk High School is No. 2 in Maine

by Tammy Wells April 23, 2020April 28, 2020

In 2019, the high school was ranked 11th in Maine, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Shelter receives United Way York County grant

April 23, 2020April 14, 2020

York County Shelter Programs has received a one-year grant of $10,000 from United Way of York County. Half of the grant will go towards YCSP’s Food Pantry, and half will be used for psychiatric services, according to shelter Director Megan Gean-Gendron. The Alfred-based shelter serves clients from all over York County. York County Shelter Programs […]