ALFRED — Jason Twardus, convicted in October of killing his former fiancée, Kelly Gorham, in 2007, is requesting access to the medical records of Gorham’s former landlord in connection with his request for a new trial. Gorham’s former landlord, Nancy Durfee, appeared at a hearing at York County Superior Court on the medical records motion […]

Ethan Daigneault holds sled racing dog Jethro on his leash last week at the Daigneaults’ home in Waterboro. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

WATERBORO — As the lead mushing dog for the Daigneault family of Waterboro, Jethro knows that when his harness goes on, it’s time to run. A husky/pointer mix, the slight black and white freckled dog trembles with anticipation whenever the racing sled comes out of the family truck. And he’s not the only one who […]

Jeffrey Radjavitch, right, laboratory manager for the Energy Materials Testing Laboratory, a division of Fiber Materials Inc., explains a technical procedure to U.S. Senator Susan Collins as Fiber Materials President Spencer Tolis looks on Thursday during a tour of the company’s Biddeford headquarters. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

BIDDEFORD — After reading to second graders at Horace Mitchell Primary School in Kittery and then touring York Hospital’s surgical center, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins visited a defense contractor in Biddeford on Tuesday. During her stop at Fiber Materials, Inc. the senator learned about the company, toured the facilities and met with employees. The company, […]

BIDDEFORD — When spring and summer rolls around, many people enjoy buying their food from farm stands along country roads and the farmers markets that bring a number of local products together in a central location. But as winter approaches, those markets close shop and finding local food can be difficult. In recent years, a […]

Deanna Weaver, owner of the Sweet Specialist in Biddeford, speaks about her role in helping to start a winter farmers market inside the former WestPoint Home property on Tuesday. The farmers market begins on Saturday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SPRINGVALE — It was the first basketball game played at Sanford’s Memorial Gym ”“ local historians figure it was in February 1949. Sanford High School boys were playing the St. Ignatius Saints, of the local Catholic high school, and were leading by one point with just a couple of minutes left in the game. Roland […]

ALFRED — After listening to emotional statements on Monday, Justice Roland A. Cole sentenced Rory Holland to two life sentences ”“ one each for the two brothers he was convicted of killing. The crowd of family and friends of the murder victims, who gathered in the courtroom of the York County Superior Courthouse in Alfred, […]

Rory Holland appears in York County Superior Court in Alfred on Monday. Holland was sentenced to two life terms in prison for the 2009 murders of Biddeford brothers Gage and Derek Greene. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)