ALFRED – A Maine State Police Troop A corporal who made 70 drug arrests in 2018 has been named Maine State Trooper of the Year. Corporal Adam Schmidt received the award in ceremonies at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro on Friday. Schmidt, of Lyman, patrols York County with his canine partner “Ibo.” Troop […]

A float travels on Graham Street during the 37th annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival Parade in Biddeford on Friday evening. ANTHONY LOMBARDI/Journal Tribune

SACO – Saco parents have been notified that their children will be attending Pre-K at the former Toddle Inn building at Willey Road this fall. However, the city administrator says students signed up for Pre-K will attend school in September, but not at the Willey Road location. With the first year of a new Pre-K […]

BIDDEFORD — A meeting of residents to express their concerns regarding paying to park in city-owned lots in Biddeford’s city center will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 at the Little Theater at Biddeford High School. The Biddeford City Council scheduled the meeting Tuesday following a petition being filed with the […]

A law passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Janet Mills this week will create an independent panel to evaluate and make policy recommendations every time police use of deadly force results in a death or serious injury. The 15-member group will be largely appointed by the attorney general, and will include defense attorneys, […]

LEWISTON — Maine Warden Cody Lounder spends a lot of time in the woods while covering the Auburn-Lewiston region. He’s not a big fan of the prolonged, wet spring that has created bumper crops of black flies, mosquitoes and ticks. Lots of ticks. “They are really bad this year,” Lounder said. “They’re out in force.” […]

Maine’s housing market continued to rebound in May, with sales volume and median sale price both increasing from a year earlier. Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine were up 6.3 percent in May compared with a year earlier, while the median sale price increased by 4.6 percent to $230,000, according to a report issued […]

CHICAGO (AP) — An energetic Mick Jagger skipped, spun, sprinted and pranced Friday night as the Rolling Stones launched their North American tour at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The 75-year-old showed no sign of ill health three months after the tour was postponed because a doctor said he required medical treatment. By all visible indications: Jagger […]

WASHINGTON — A Biddeford native will be ordained as a deacon of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. by Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory during a Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Saturday. Mark L. Asselin is from Biddeford and following college for undergraduate studies, he spent a few years in […]

Opera Maine has severed ties with the conductor of its upcoming July production after learning of broad sexual harassment charges against him, which led to him resigning from at least two other opera companies this week. Stephen Lord, who has conducted operas around the country, had been scheduled to serve as principal conductor for Opera […]