BIDDEFORD — Bill Harnden’s life has been one of almost constant pain. He was born with degenerative disc disease and has chronic, intractable back pain from the five fused discs along his spine. He also had a non-malignant tumor on his brain stem removed, which has caused significant pain in his neck. Although the 60-year-old […]

SANFORD — Two longtime town employees were terminated from their jobs Thursday, the first victims of a municipal budget crunch. As well, eight full-time positions and three part-time positions are slated to be eliminated June 30 in a bid to avoid a tax increase. The hours of three other workers will be cut from 40 […]

Dolls made by Bonnie Knight and daughter Angela Short sit in rows inside Knight’s home. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Bonnie Knight works on a handmade yarn doll Thursday in North Waterboro in preparation of sending a batch of them to Haiti. Knight’s daughter, Angela Short, plans to adopt a child from the country, which was devastated by an earthquake last year. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

NORTH WATERBORO — It took skeins of yarn, imagination and talented, loving hands to make “Babies for Haiti,” soft, cuddly, brightly colored yarn dolls and octopuses that will soon be in the arms of Haitian orphans. The dolls and sea creatures were made with love this winter by people in rural Maine with the thought […]

WELLS — Rep. Kathleen Chase, R-Wells, has introduced an immigration bill that would allow police and government officials to ask anyone in Maine for proof of citizenship. Opponents say the bill will hurt Maine’s tourism industry, but Chase maintains the bill would not hurt the state’s economy or make the state seem “unfriendly.” “I’m proud […]

BIDDEFORD — The School Committee voted on Tuesday to hire an indoor air quality consultant to follow up on recommendations the company has made for Biddeford High School. Turner Building Science & Design, LLC, based in Harrison, is the second company hired by the School Department this school year to look into indoor air quality […]

BIDDEFORD — On Thursday, a legislative committee plans to look into potential improprieties in the hiring and spending practices of an energy education outreach organization that was funded by taxpayer money. The Legislature’s Energy and Technology Committee asked for financial records and other documentation from the Maine Green Energy Alliance, an organization that originally had […]

Teams compete in the first annual Mousam Mush human dogsledding event at Gowen Park in Sanford on Saturday. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune

A mock-up of a turn-of-the-century classroom, seen last week, is the centerpiece of the “Learning is an Ornament” exhibit at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk.