BIDDEFORD — A spokesman for one of the developers of the proposed Biddeford Downs racino said the group is “committed” to working toward building a harness racing track/slot machine facility in Biddeford. Developer Ocean Properties LLC and Scarborough Downs are in the process of preparing a strategy on how to convince state voters to approve […]

BIDDEFORD — A Biddeford man was indicted Thursday on federal charges of cyber stalking and identity theft. The man allegedly used email and the Internet to stalk his ex-girlfriend, who had changed her name and moved to Louisiana because of his behavior. Shawn Sayer, 41, faces maximum federal prison sentences of 10 years for cyber […]

Brooke Luro and Ryan Fecteau, pictured at the EqualityMaine office in Biddeford on Wednesday, have spearheaded the local effort to get the same-sex marriage issue on the November 2012 ballot. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — June 23 was a momentous day for Biddeford resident Ryan Fecteau. That was the date the New York state legislature passed a marriage equality bill, allowing people of the same sex to marry one another. It was also the day that he decided to “come out” about his own homosexuality to his mother. […]

BIDDEFORD — Calvin Dunwoody is just a few days shy of 90 ”“ his birthday is Sunday ”“ but that hasn’t stopped the Kennebunk resident from staying active. Although triathlons and mountain climbing are no longer on his itinerary, Dunwoody still visits the Northern York County YMCA in Biddeford four times a week, where he […]

Calvin Dunwoody works out on the stationary bike at the YMCA in Biddeford on Tuesday. Dunwoody, who will turn 90 years old Sunday, is the oldest active member of the YMCA. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

The fire-damaged engine of the Amtrak Downeaster that collided with a tractor-trailer truck hauling garbage in North Berwick Monday morning is pictured above. The train was carrying 112 passengers when the truck crashed into it at a grade level crossing on Route 4. A few passengers sustained minor injuries. The tractor trailer driver, Peter Barnum, […]

NORTH BERWICK — A tractor-trailer truck hauling garbage to a Biddeford incinerator slammed into a northbound Amtrak Downeaster train Monday, killing the driver, 35 year-old Peter Barnum of Farmington, N.H. The crash at the grade level Varney Crossing on Route 4 sparked a fire in the train engine and at least one of the passenger […]

David Watson sits at a dunk tank, ready to take a hit for the Ossipee Mountaineers Snowmobile Club, on the grounds of the Massabesic High School in Waterboro on Saturday during the town’s Old Home Days festival. (LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune)

Top: Christopher Gallot talks about the Bison Project, a venture he is undertaking with friend Conor Guptill, Wednesday at the Hackmatack Farm in Berwick as bison roam in a field behind an electrified fence. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune