BIDDEFORD — With very little discussion, the Biddeford City Council passed the  Fiscal Year 2020 city and education budget on Tuesday, with most measures being unanimously approved. The passage of the budget adds an estimated 36 cents to the tax rate beginning July 1. Although the council passed the budget, the education portion won’t be […]

SANFORD — Organizers are making plans for Sanford Pride Picnic, set for June 1 in Gowen Park. “The Sanford Pride Picnic is a celebration of LGBTQ+ people and families that is free and open to everyone,” said Kael Parker of Project CommUnity, the local group that organized the first picnic a year ago and is […]

BIDDEFORD — A new spa in Biddeford is offering dry salt therapy, which proponents say can provide relief to those with respiratory and skin conditions and reduce stress and anxiety. Jennifer and James Templeton opened The Salt Works and Spa at 321 Elm St., Suite 7 in Biddeford in early April. The couple had been to […]

BIDDEFORD — This fall a familiar face will assume the leadership role at Biddeford Intermediate School as Lindsey Nadeau has been named the new BIS principal, succeeding Debra M. Kenney, who is retiring. Nadeau was a unanimous choice of the Biddeford School Committee and has been serving as Administrator/Early Childhood Coordinator at the John F. Kennedy […]

WATERBORO — A proposed ordinance that would have given all terrain vehicles the ability to operate on some public roads could be revisited later this year after it failed to pass last month in Waterboro. On Tuesday, selectmen briefly discussed a potential referendum vote on the matter at the November elections but made no decisions […]

BUXTON — Choking back tears, the executive director and her part-time assistant talked about closing their free health care clinic, which has served some 2,000 uninsured patients since opening on Labor Day 2003. Leavitt’s Mill Free Health Center, 63 Main St. (Route 4A in Bar Mills) will end medical services on June 30 and stop […]

SANFORD – The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police April 20 to May 14: • Anthony Gerald Vieira, 59, Sanford, was arrested on two warrants and was charged with unlawful possession of scheduled drugs on High Street. • Leah Grace Boulard, 32, Sanford, and Steven M. Malloy, 37, Sanford, were each arrested […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Big Bang Theory” closed out its run as television’s top-rated comedy with an emotional final episode that saw some big changes for the show’s group of geeky misfits. The long-running series on CBS concluded with two final episodes, “The Change Constant” and “The Stockholm Syndrome,” in an hour-long finale Thursday […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — At the start of April, a contingent of Old Orchard Beach High School students took a trip to Boston to view treasured pieces of art. The students encountered a number of schedule-related problems from a late bus, but they all said they enjoyed the trip nevertheless. Students saw many renowned paintings […]

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man condemned for his role in a quadruple killing that followed a dispute over a pickup truck was put to death Thursday in Alabama after declining to make any last-minute appeals. Michael Brandon Samra, 41, was pronounced dead at 7:33 p.m. following a three-drug lethal injection at Holman prison, authorities […]