SACO — Officials from the Dyer Library/Saco Museum say without an increase in funding from the city, the organization cannot sustain itself. The library and museum has asked the city for $436,000 in the upcoming budget year, up from the current city funding of $386,000. The library and museum are one organization and fall under […]

A rendering of a pedestrian bridge over the Saco River between Biddeford and Saco is shown in this image. Funding for engineering of the bridge has been secured and construction is expected to begin next year if additional grants can be secured. It would coincide with both cities’ RiverWalk projects. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

BIDDEFORD — City Planner Greg Tansley drives every workday from his home in Portland to his office in Biddeford’s City Hall. But he envisions a day when he can make that commute without the use of his car. That day is drawing near thanks to funding from the Maine Department of Transportation for a pedestrian […]

BIDDEFORD — Wil DuBois, a freshman at Biddeford High School, hopes to breed race horses when he grows up, following in his father’s and grandfather’s foot steps. He supports the proposed Biddeford Downs Racino ”“ with a combined harness racetrack and slot machine facility ”“ he said, because, “It means the rebirth of harness racing […]

BIDDEFORD — A public hearing was planned this morning at the Statehouse in Augusta regarding a bill that, if passed, would allow the proposed $125 million Biddeford Downs Racino to move forward, depending on regulatory approvals and positive negotiations with the City of Biddeford. However, a new group formed two weeks ago wants the issue […]

Whether it’s to save money or the environment, or both, many people are turning to the sun to power hot water, heat or electricity. Fred Greenhalgh, online marketing manager and sales associate with ReVision Energy, said the company installed more than double the number of solar electric systems in 2010 as it did in 2009. […]

Steven Fennell, owner of the Saco Solar Store, shows off a solar hot water system for homes at his business on Tuesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

ALFRED — A York County Superior Court judge has denied a bid by a Kennebunk man to overturn a jury’s guilty verdict on an aggravated assault charge. Gary Traynham, whose flight to New Hampshire with his 2-year-old daughter, Hailey, in November 2009 sparked Maine’s first Amber Alert, was originally charged with four counts involving his […]

BIDDEFORD — Many communities around the state are in the midst of determining their budgets for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. Biddeford and Saco are among them, and this year a number of tough decisions must be made as officials try to balance providing the services residents expect without increasing the burden on […]

ALFRED — York County Superior Court Justice G. Arthur Brennan said he will decide sometime today or Friday whether to grant a defense motion for a judgment of acquittal in an aggravated assault case. Gary Traynham was in the news in November 2009 when he grabbed his 2-year-old daughter and ran away, triggering Maine’s first […]