Bicyclist college students Lauren Audi stops before dismounting from her bicycle as her group takes a break, as Greg Lemieux adjusts his pack in the background. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — The Maine Energy Recovery Company incinerator has been operating under an expired air license since 2005. A Department of Environmental Protection representative said this is on the “longer side” for a state license renewal, but that once the emissions level for one class of pollutants is finalized, the end will be in sight. […]

KENNEBUNK — Getting your windshield cleaned, your tires checked and gas pumped by an attendant is something you don’t see too much of in the age of self-serve, but a few neighborhood gas stations are still holding onto the services of years past. Bill Guay, owner of Guay’s Sunoco on Port Road in the Lower […]

Alex Bergeron fills up a customer’s gas tank Monday at Holly’s full-service gas station in Arundel. (Jeff Lagasse/Journal Tribune)

A new law will allow communities that wish to opt out of a regional school unit to begin the process six months earlier. Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, residents of a municipality that has been a member of an RSU for at least 30 months may petition to withdraw from the unit. The current minimum time […]

SACO — Thursday was the end of the school year for Notre Dame de Lourdes School ”“ it was also the end of an era. Children walked through the doors for the last time this week, as the school will consolidate with St. James School in Biddeford in the fall. Notre Dame School was founded […]

Saco resident Lucy Stoddard gathers with her children, clockwise from left: Harris, Hazel, Harper, Hadley and Hayden, in front of Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic elementary school after school let out for the final time, Thursday. The school is closing its doors after 80 years in operation and will consolidate with St. James School in […]

SACO — Robert and Amy Dudley will be able to heat their home more efficiently this winter, thanks to help from the Property Assessed Clean Energy program. Under the PACE program, loan applicants can borrow up to $15,000 over 15 years at 4.99 percent for energy upgrades, according to a statement from Paul Badeau, communications […]