In the second go-round for the Regional School 21 budget, the district’s voters cast their ballots in favor of the $35.6 million proposed education budget Tuesday and chose school board candidates. Despite failing in Arundel, the budget won a majority of votes from the district’s three towns combined, with 1,662 residents voting in favor of, […]

BIDDEFORD — La Kermesse Franco-Americaine festival will take place for the 29th year next weekend, June 24-26. The location has changed and the festivities will be on a smaller scale than what took place at the festival’s peak, but the event’s board members are optimistic that this year’s celebration of the region’s Franco-American heritage will […]

Biddeford High School graduating seniors Julia Small, left, and Juanita Curie compare mortar board designs Sunday prior to the start of the school’s commencement ceremony inside Tiger Gymnasium. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — “Persevere,” “pursue your dreams” and “believe in yourself” were among the words of advice given by speakers to the 222 graduating seniors of the Biddeford High School Class of 2011 on Sunday. Despite the gloomy day, the seniors’ excitement was apparent as they celebrated moving onto the next chapter in their lives. Graduate […]

Barbara Sheehan, a resident at St. Andre’s Health Care in Biddeford, enjoys a barbecue at the facility on Friday during a celebration marking its 35th anniversary. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune

BIDDEFORD — On Friday there was a celebratory mood at St. Andre Health Care on Pool Street. The residents were enjoying a barbecue luncheon on the back patio, being served by staff dressed in garb from the 1970s, with disco music playing in the background. The 1970s theme was a tribute to the founding of […]

PORTLAND — Amidst the flash of cameras and the rapt attention of the Bonny Eagle High School graduating class, social studies teacher David Ezhaya stood at the podium inside the Cumberland County Civic Center on Friday and evoked the spirit of the school’s founder, Jim Parker, who passed away last week. Ezhaya evoked Parker’s belief […]

Bonny Eagle High School graduating seniors stand and applaud Friday night during their commencement ceremony at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. JEFF LAGASSE/ JOURNAL TRIBUNE

BIDDEFORD — Biddeford racino proponents won a narrow victory in the Maine Senate on Thursday. The senate voted 17-16 to support LD 1203, a bill that would allow a racino ”“ a combined harness race track and slot machine facility ”“ in Biddeford and a tribal racino in Washington County. In a second vote, the […]