HEBRON — Nearly a year after she was diagnosed with lung cancer, Amy Richard said she is “hanging in there.” “I’m not as strong as I was. I’ve lost some weight,” she said. “But my scans have been stable, so that’s good news. And I’m getting into some advocacy work.” Richard, 42, is a wife, […]

LAUREL, Md. (AP) — The NASA spacecraft that yielded the first close-up views of Pluto opened the new year at an even more distant world, a billion miles beyond. Flight controllers said everything looked good for New Horizons’ flyby of the tiny, icy object at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday. Confirmation was not expected for hours, though, […]

ACTON — A multi-agency, two-state chase culminated late Sunday with the capture and arrest of a York County man who was allegedly driving a vehicle he didn’t have permission to use. Christopher Landry, 24, said to be of the Sanford area, was taken into custody after he was found in the woods in Acton by […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg, Sting and Christina Aguilera will welcome 2019 in a packed Times Square Monday along with revelers from around the world who come to see the traditional crystal ball drop, fireworks and a blizzard of confetti. Spectators are expected to start assembling in early afternoon for the made-for-TV extravaganza. As […]

YORK COUNTY — It’s true that sometimes one must look back to be able to completely understand things that lie ahead in the future. With that in mind, here’s a review of some of the news events appearing on the pages of the Journal Tribune newspaper in 2018: January  Fire destroyed a mobile home on […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — The recent death of former President George H.W. Bush in November,  just months after the demise of his wife, former First Lady Barbara Bush, hit Kennebunkport and the wider York County community hard. Losing both of them in so short a span, was perhaps not unexpected, given their ill-health, but it was sad […]

BIDDEFORD — One of the high points of 2018 for Biddeford is that growth in the downtown and mill district has brought new value to the city and with it, more stability to the property tax. While that is good news for most of the city’s taxpayers, the projection of future growth in those areas […]

The Westbrook Fire Department responded Sunday night to a fire inside a building with a dentist’s office and residence in downtown Westbrook. Dispatcher William Nelson said units were working to put out the fire at Nano Dentistry, 13 Pleasant St., between Main Street and William Clarke Drive. The fire was first reported between 8 and […]

The Maine Port Authority plans to invest $16 million to resurrect plans for a cold-storage warehouse for the Port of Portland. A funding proposal comes about six months after international cold storage company Americold dropped plans to build a warehouse near the International Marine Terminal. Authority board members recently agreed to allocate $8 million from Maine’s transportation […]

ACTON – Investigators with the  State Fire Marshal’s Office say they believe the man who died in an overnight fire in Acton is Edward Roberts, 28, who lived in a second-floor apartment over a garage on Hopper Road. Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said fire swept through Roberts’ apartment late Saturday night. His body […]