SANFORD — Dylan Tranchemontagne knows exactly where he’s headed next ”“ the U.S. Air Force, he said, like his stepfather and his uncles. “I’ve got my plan, and I’m set and ready to go,” said Tranchemontagne. Come February, he’ll depart for a four-year hitch. Friday night, he was in line, getting ready to march across […]

ALFRED — County employees who have long enjoyed 100 percent employer-paid health insurance are now being asked to contribute to the cost of their premiums. County Manager Richard Brown told York County Commissioners Wednesday that health insurance rates are expected to increase by 24.7 percent, or about $400,000 Jan. 1. He estimated the county’s current […]

Jonathan Capotosto pours a cup of coffee at the Palace Diner in Biddeford on Wednesday. (Jeff Lagasse/Journal Tribune)

Derek Volk, left, president of Volk Packaging in Biddeford, and Douglas Volk, the company’s chief executive officer, take U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe on a tour of the box manufacturer’s production facilities on Tuesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, a champion of Maine small businesses, visited Volk Packaging Corp. in Biddeford on Tuesday. Douglas Volk, CEO of Volk Packaging, and his nephew Derek Volk, president, led Maine’s Republican senator on a tour of the facility, which employs 75 people. Snowe discussed how onerous federal regulations and taxation laws […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Residents and tourists alike lined the streets of Old Orchard Beach and congregated in Memorial Park to watch the annual Memorial Day parade Monday. “Every year, our parade is special because it’s put on to honor our military. It’s what this day is for,” said Town Clerk Kim McLaughlin. The parade […]

Gold Star Mother Nancy Kelley, Marine Corps Chaplain Brad Watts and Eileen McNally carry a wreath at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach in a ceremony following the parade. McNally is the widow of Bob McNally, who spent several years building up and organizing the OOB Memorial Day parade. (SUBMITTED PHOTO/Courtesy Gary Curtis, Old […]

Maine Governor Paul LePage meets with business people in Sanford Friday at a reception held by the Sanford-Springvale Chamber of Commerce. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune

SANFORD — Gov. Paul LePage said he “got kicked in the knees” by the business community over Right to Work legislation he favors and called an amendment being considered a compromise. At the same time, the governor, in town Friday to address the annual meeting of the Sanford Springvale Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, […]

Although many high schools in York County saw their graduation rates rise significantly from 2009-10, school officials say there’s still room for improvement in keeping students from dropping out. “I think the best thing that can be done is to have early intervention for students,” said Pete Dawson, principal of Kennebunk High School. Dawson said […]