SANFORD — There’s a new chief at the Sanford Fire Department ”“ and residents are likely to recognize him. Jeffrey H. Rowe, Sanford’s assistant chief since 2003, formally took the helm of the department Tuesday when the Town Council unanimously confirmed Town Manager Mark Green’s appointment. “This is one of the easiest appointments I’ve ever […]

Police dispatcher Sasha Yeaton consults an array of monitors inside the Old Orchard Beach dispatch center on Tuesday. The Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to have the Town of Sanford take over its dispatch services in April. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Sanford will begin handling emergency dispatch services for the town in April. The Town Council Tuesday night voted unanimously, with Councilor Shawn O’Neill absent, to approve a contract to outsource its emergency dispatch and Public Safety Answering Point services to Sanford. The Town Council had decided last year to pursue outsourcing […]

PORTLAND — An adult education teacher dismissed one year ago is suing the Sanford School Department, alleging defamation, breach of contract and other charges after a student filed a sexual harassment complaint against him for what he allegedly said in class. The teacher, Marc Widershien, filed his lawsuit at York County Superior Court in December, […]

Jeremy Drake and his 3-year-old daughter, Olivia, both of South Berwick, ski down Powderhouse Hill Sunday afternoon. It was Olivia’s second time skiing. (LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune)

SOUTH BERWICK — Residents of South Berwick have bragging rights to something not found in many towns: Their own ski hill. Powderhouse Hill, located on Agamenticus Road, may not have the glitz and amenities of large ski resorts, but many locals flock to it for a convenient and affordable afternoon of skiing or snowboarding. The […]

Janelle Anderson, regent of the Rebecca Emery Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, stands next to the Richard Vines monument in Biddeford.

Joe Armstrong has started a local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America.

BIDDEFORD — Captain Richard Vines is credited with being the founder and first resident of Biddeford. He and 32 men were sent by Sir Ferdinando Gorges of England to spend a winter in the area, to prove that the winters could be tolerated, according to a treatise on the city’s history. Vines and his men […]

SANFORD — Joe Armstrong was 17 years old when he boarded a ship headed for Vietnam. He marked his 18th birthday on the way. A machine gunner, Armstrong was “in country,” in 1968 and 1969. “I went over there as a child and came back an old man. We all did,” Armstrong said Thursday. He […]