BIDDEFORD — With a rise in abuse of prescription painkillers and crimes related to addiction, the Biddeford Police Department is being proactive in responding to the problem. Today, the manufacturer of one of the most abused and most powerful painkillers on the market hosted a training session for law enforcement officers at the Biddeford Police […]

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The Ballpark in Old Orchard Beach. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Ballpark is in the black, according to a financial report presented by the Ballpark Commission. Dana Furtado, vice chairman of the Ballpark Commission, gave the Town Council a quarterly report of the group’s progress at a Town Council meeting Tuesday night. According to the most recent financial report on The […]

SHAPLEIGH — A volunteer firefighter who was on his way to a rescue call died Monday in a single vehicle crash on Shapleigh Corner Road. David Remington Sr., 58, who had been a member of the Shapleigh Fire Department for the past four years, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Maj. William King of […]

Shapleigh firefighter David Remington is shown here in an undated photo. Remington, 58, died Monday evening, following a single vehicle crash on Shapleigh Corner Road. (SUBMITTED PHOTO/Courtesy John Gagnon, Perfect Perceptions LLC)

Participants in the 23rd annual Lobster Dip in Old Orchard Beach run back to shore after racing into the ocean, while a crowd watches. The event attracted 371 participants this year and many more who came to watch. (LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune)

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A record number of people participated at the 23rd annual Lobster Dip on New Year’s Day, and more than $100,000 was raised for Special Olympics Maine. “We are beyond excited,” said Special Olympics Maine Spokeswoman Lisa Bird, who said there were 371 dippers who plunged into the ocean for the cause. […]

St. Andre Church in Biddeford, seen from Bacon Street on Thursday. Today marks the last day that services will be held at the church. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Guy Cadorette, a longtime parishioner of St. Andre Church in Biddeford, holds a cross while sitting in a church pew Thursday. Today marks the last day that services will be held at the church. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)