ALFRED — Kelly Gorham was a beautiful, conscientious young woman who was caring and giving, her mother said, and her 2007 strangulation murder by the man who was once her fiancé has devastated her family. “The world was a much better place with her in it,” said Pauline Gorham. “We all feel her absence. (Her […]

Jason Twardus, appears at his sentencing hearing Tuesday morning at York County Superior Court in Alfred with defense attorney Darrick Banda. Twardus was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2007 murder of Kelly Gorham of Alfred. (Jeff Lagasse/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Entering the first year of high school can be a big transition for some students, so this fall Biddeford High School is starting a pilot program for a freshman academy to help ease students into this next phase of their education. The purpose of the program is “to increase student learning,” said BHS […]

BIDDEFORD — On Tuesday, the city council will consider an ordinance designed to make Biddeford’s neighborhoods more peaceful. If passed, the so-called disorderly housing ordinance would make landlords responsible for their tenants’ behavior. Depending on the number of times police are called to a property for nuisance behavior and/or criminal activity, the ordinance would require […]

Pictured is Bacon Street in Biddeford on Sunday. Bacon Street is viewed by many as one of the city’s more dangerous areas. A proposed disorderly housing ordinance that is designed to a make all city neighborhoods safer and more peaceful will be considered by the city council on Tuesday. (Dina Mendros/Journal Tribune)

Brick Store Museum Assistant Director Cheryl Price holds a mallet that was once used to build ships in the Kennebunk area while speaking about the region’s shipbuilding heritage at the museum on Tuesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

During the 19th century, Kennebunk’s shipping industry was world-renowned, exporting products such as cotton and ice blocks to foreign countries while launching ships from the Kennebunk River. On Sunday, the Brick Store Museum will host a three-hour narrated tour entitled, “Shipbuilding Odyssey,” taking attendees by trolley to the remains of shipyards that were among the […]

A model ship, seen Tuesday at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, offers a glimpse into the region’s shipbuilding past. On Sunday, the Brick Store Museum will host a three-hour narrated tour entitled, “Shipbuilding Odyssey,” taking attendees by trolley to the remains of shipyards that were among the most admired in the industry. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal […]

ALFRED — Deputy Attorney General William Stokes said he is recommending a 45-year prison sentence for Jason Twardus for murdering Kelly Gorham, his former fiancée, in 2007. Twardus was convicted by a jury last year of strangling Gorham, a nursing student, in Maine, and burying her body on land owned by his father in a […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Loranger Middle School students, as part of a program focused on healthy lifestyle choices, are literally reaping the benefits of learning to garden this summer. The students are part of the Healthy Kids Program, which began in the spring with fourth and fifth grade students from Loranger Middle School participating after […]