Far from being a blight this holiday, these empty Biddeford storefronts provide a showcase for creativity, as the normally vacant glass panes reflect the glow of Christmas lights, villages, ornamental balls and other decorations that herald the spirit of the season. Located in spots along downtown Main Street, the displays add light, color, and more […]

Festive Christmas balls adorn this display window on Main Street in Biddeford, across from the Happy Dragon restaurant. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

Volunteer Jennifer Landez helps Trenton Mills shop for his family Saturday morning at the Second Congregational Church in Biddeford during the Joyful Harvest Neighborhood Center’s Kids Shopping event. (LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Children who might otherwise not be able to buy their family Christmas gifts were given an opportunity to shop for their families Saturday during the Joyful Harvest Center’s annual Kids Shopping and Pancake Breakfast event. Fourteen-year-old Kaitlyn Gagnon participated and said was able to get gifts for each person on her list Saturday. […]

Festive Christmas balls adorn this display window on Main Street in Biddeford, across from the Happy Dragon restaurant. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

A stuffed Santa Claus, with a glowing Christmas tree standing sentinel in the background, guards a cache of Chrismas decorations in this lower Main Street store window. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

Two blocks from City Hall, this Christmas village lights up a downtown Biddeford street corner. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

STANDISH — In their new book, The Saco River, father and daughter team David Robinson and Elizabeth Tanefis take the reader on a trip down the Saco River, from the source of the river in The White Mountains to the mouth in Saco and Biddeford through a series of postcards. The book is part of […]

ALFRED — The York County Budget Committee restored $46,750 earmarked for social service agencies to the proposed 2011 county budget Wednesday. The decision reverses the county commissioner’s plan to reduce funding by half, from $93,500. The 9-2 vote came after the committee heard presentations by the agencies affected, including: York County Community Action, York County […]

AUGUSTA — The hearing examiner for the Public Utilities Commission has recommended that Central Maine Power be granted an exemption from Saco’s city ordinances, allowing the company to install a high voltage electricity line in the city. The hearing examiner’s report was released on Tuesday. The report is a staff analysis, and not a final […]