The city is tearing down a Domino’s to make way for an intersection. Now, the pizza chain might move across the street from where Pizza by Alex has made pies since the 1960s.
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Biddeford welcomes affordable housing developer spurned by Cumberland voters
A $30 million project rejected by Cumberland this spring soon could find a home on city-owned land in Biddeford.
Biddeford hires private firm to review UNE pier application
The city manager says the local harbormaster is biased and cannot oversee the review process for the proposed pier.
Community News: July 18
Biddeford Recreation nominee for WinterKids grant Biddeford Recreation has been selected as a WinterKids Downhill 24 Outdoor Fund grant nominee in the Parks and Recreation division for 2024. The Biddeford Recreation Department provides programs that promote social and physical well-being, as well as spaces for the public to engage in healthy lifestyle choices, according to […]
Biddeford closes downtown homeless encampment, opens overnight shelters
The City of Biddeford officially shut a Water Street encampment Monday morning.
Biddeford clears homeless encampments, opens temporary shelter
City officials say people will no longer be allowed to camp on city property, but some people who have been living at a large encampment say they won’t go to the shelter, where the city is providing zero-gravity chairs to sleep in while the building is being renovated.
UNE program seeks to enhance teacher workforce
Maine high school students from Kittery to Gray, and several points in between, visited the University of New England’s coastal Biddeford campus June 24-27 to participate in the School of Education’s second Future Teachers of Maine Summer Institute. This year saw 34 high schoolers participate, more than double the number of last year’s inaugural summit. […]
State police investigating death of 1-month-old baby
The boy died at Maine Medical Center on June 20. Police have not released his cause of death.
UNE receives grant for free learning materials
The University of New England has received $80,000 in grant funding to increase student access to no-cost educational resources. The grant from the Davis Educational Foundation will support the advancement of campuswide open educational resources (OER) initiatives over the next three years. The foundation was established by Stanton and Elizabeth Davis after Mr. Davis’s retirement […]
Biddeford High School 2023-2024 Quarter 4 Honor Roll
Grade 12 High Honors: Ysabel Arsenault, Madeline Barrow, Chloe Cadorette, Vantith Chhay, Emily Corbeil, Katherine Dallaire, Andrew Ellis II, Danielle Emerson, Dillon Emerson, Mikala Friedel, John Gatchalian, Djordan Goma, Matthew Gonneville, Gage Lamontagne, Riley Langevin, Harris Leonard, Gino Mariello, Alec Martin, Nataliah Martinez, Maureen Nicolas, Kylie Parent, Iainn Parker, Sarah Parks, Theodora Quint, Julian Rideout, […]