SACO — Several former customers of Maine-ly Stoves and Fuel Yard claim the company failed to deliver goods or give refunds for items that cost thousands of dollars. Last week, police served search warrants at the store, located at 660 Main St., as well as the 11 Goosefare Drive residence of the owners, John Michael […]

BIDDEFORD — On Wednesday, opponents in the race to be Biddeford’s next mayor answered questions about their vision to lead the city for the next two years. Incumbent Mayor Joanne Twomey and State Rep. Alan Casavant also took the opportunity to take a few shots at one another when answering questions posed by Biddeford-Saco Chamber […]

Mayor Joanne Twomey, left, and State Rep. Alan Casavant, right, answer questions about their ideas to make Biddeford prosper, as they square off in the mayoral race. Questions were posed Thursday by Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce and Industry Executive Director Craig Pendleton, center, at the Biddeford City Theater. (DINA MENDROS/Journal Tribune)

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BIDDEFORD — A fire in an apartment building on the corner of Main and Hill streets on Tuesday evening was a suicide and arson, started by the man who died in the blaze, according to results of an investigation today by the State Fire Marshal’s Office. No other occupants were injured, but the eight survivors […]

LYMAN — Ian Trottier’s weekly swimming therapy session was a little different Monday, considering the limousine ride to the pool and the cameras and balloons when he arrived. He seemed to take the Make A Wish Foundation hubbub in stride, however, getting down to business in the pool shortly after posing for a few photos […]

Steven Kelley, who operates the website leafpeepers.com, holds up reddened leaves to the sunlight Tuesday near a spot on the Eastern Trail in Biddeford. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune

Ian Trottier, sitting with his mother, Lori Trottier, opens gifts from the Make A Wish Foundation Monday afternoon at the H2O Workout pool in Lyman before his aquatic therapy session with instructor Nancy Pleiter-Sadowy, at right. (KRISTEN SCHULZE MUSZYNSKI/Journal Tribune)

This fall, as leaves evolve and the forests burst into brilliant hues of yellow, orange and red, leaf peepers are turning to social media and other Internet resources to get the latest foliage updates. The State of Maine Department of Conservation has had a foliage website since 1997, said Gale Ross, Maine foliage spokeswoman. The […]

BIDDEFORD — When Jeanne Handy took to the stage on Friday night, the twangy, traditional Arabic sounds of the Okbari Middle Eastern Music Ensemble were already swelling within the main performance hall of Biddeford City Theater. Handy, going by the stage name “Jamileh,” glided into the spotlight, an already undulating figure; a swaying, rhythmic instrument […]