SANFORD — Artist Randy Regier would prefer for someone to stumble across NuPenny toy store by accident ”“ to climb the half-dozen or so steps at the back of Eric Stone’s mill at 72 Emery Street and peer through the eight panes of glass in the door. Peering through the panes is the only way to […]

Artist Randy Regier points to a handmade three-dimensional element of his latest conceptual work, a simultaneously retro/futuristic surrealist toy store comprised of artifacts suspended in space inside a spiral staircase, Thursday inside the old mill building at 72 Emery St. in Sanford. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

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Main Street between Hill and Alfred streets in Biddeford is expected to open mid to late afternoon today after a water main leak that occurred Wednesday afternoon continued to cause problems ”“ including a large sinkhole.  Biddeford Public Works Director Guy Casavant said Thursday morning Biddeford & Saco Water Company and city sewer crews have […]

KENNEBUNK — Staff members of the Middle School of the Kennebunks showed up in force Monday to demand that the school board take action in addressing ongoing air quality issues at the school. Several teachers addressed the Regional School Unit 21 school board to share their experiences of respiratory illness that they believe is caused […]

BIDDEFORD — Air quality tests conducted on Dec. 1 in 13 rooms at Biddeford High School show airborne spore levels were low overall, according to Air Quality Management Services, Inc., the company the School Department hired to do the tests. More air sample testing will be conducted this week to test for particulates in the […]

Sparky the fire dog and Cole Frazier exchange a high five Saturday at the Biddeford Fire Station, during an educational open house when more than a dozen children and their parents learned about fire safety under the auspices of the Austin Blake Memorial Fund. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — They lived the unimaginable, losing a beloved son and a precious grandson to an apartment fire in April 2006. On Saturday, the family of Austin Blake, the 3-year-old who perished, returned to Biddeford where, under the auspices of the Austin Blake Memorial Fund, they continued their pledge to help train children and their […]

The Casco Bay Tummlers, a Portland-based klezmer band, is pictured with current members: Julie Goell on bass and vocals; Nancy 3. Hoffman on accordion and vocals; Carl Dimow on flute and guitar; Steve Gruverman on clarinet; and Phil McGowan on drums. The band will perform Sunday, Dec. 5 at the Etz Chaim synagogue on Bacon […]

BIDDEFORD — Festive dancing will once again highlight the annual York County Hanukkah Party at Etz Chaim synagogue, Sunday, as the Casco Bay Tummlers perform. “We must have played in Biddeford for 20 years, for that congregation,” said Julie Goell, who plays double-bass and sings with the group. “The music is anticipated as much as […]