Dr. Helida Oyieke of Kenya, left, and University of New England graduate student Jay Williams set up a projector prior to Oyieke’s talk in front of a group of students from Biddeford High School inside a UNE lecture hall on Tuesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SANFORD — A lone man reportedly dressed like the “grim reaper” walked into the Springvale branch of Sanford Institution for Savings at about 3:15 p.m. Monday and demanded money. He was given some, and he ran away. No one was injured, said Deputy Police Chief Craig Sanford. The man did not display a weapon and […]

Sanford Police enter a side door at the Sanford Institute for Savings branch on Main Street in Springvale following a reported robbery Monday afternoon. A lone man sporting a “grim reaper” type face mask demanded money, police said, was given some and then ran away. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)

SACO — Being a drill sergeant involves a whole lot more than the usual movie depiction of a bad-tempered fellow barking orders at a raw recruit. The best way to put it, said 1st Sergeant David MacMullen, is that the drill sergeant is taking a civilian and turning that person into a soldier. “It’s how […]

Sgt. James Magoon of Company C, 1st Battalion, 304th Regiment of the U.S. Army Reserve gets a hug from “Freeport Flag Lady” Elaine Greene Saturday, following a formal send-off ceremony at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Saco. The 18-member company is headed to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. on Jan. 15, where they’ll be drill […]

The collaboration began with an idea jotted down on a piece of paper. What if the school library at one of Lebanon’s two elementary schools could include a public library? That idea, formed a couple of years ago, has became much more than a “what if.” On Jan. 26, the two libraries that became one […]

Noble Middle School librarian Nancy Landroche organizes books Tuesday inside Lebanon’s new public library, an attachment to the Hanson School that will serve as a replacement to the existing library, which is closed during the winter months due to a lack of heat.

Noble Middle School librarian Nancy Landroche organizes books Tuesday inside Lebanon’s new public library, an attachment to the Hanson School that will serve as a replacement to the existing library, which is closed during the winter months due to a lack of heat.

In this file photo from April 2010, Taylor Cooper does a jump off the stairs leading up to the Grand Victorian in Old Orchard Beach. Cooper and other skateboarders said they convene fairly regularly in Old Orchard’s downtown area, jumping, spinning and twisting their way across some of their favorite skating hotspots. Youths are now […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Recreation Department recently received a $5,000 grant from the Tony Hawk Foundation toward the construction of a new skate park. The Tony Hawk Foundation is a non-profit that helps promote and finance public skate parks across the country. The grant brings current funding up to $35,000. In the past two […]