OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Volunteers busied themselves in the kitchen Sunday at the Old Orchard Beach United Methodist Church, preparing to serve Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings to as many as 200 people this Thursday. For the sixth year, the church is providing a free community dinner on Thanksgiving Day, with delivery service to […]

Ron Robichaud, left, a volunteer at the food pantry at York County Shelter Programs in Alfred helps box up food. Community Relations Director Joan Sylvester, center, and Food Services Director Martha Huestis help out Wednesday. The shelter will distribute about 1,500 Thanksgiving food boxes next week to families in need. (ROBYN BURNHAM/Journal Tribune)

York County Shelter Programs Food Services Director Martha Huestis, left, works in the food pantry Wednesday with volunteer Rachel Paquet. Staff and volunteers are busy putting together Thanksgiving food boxes for distribution next week. (ROBYN BURNHAM/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Derek Greene was born April 1, 1988. Two years later his younger brother Gage was born on May 6. “That kid was always smiling,” said Tammy Cole, about her son Derek. Instead of playing with toys, she said, “He took things apart and put them back together since he was 3 or 4 […]

Gage Greene is pictured here holding the baby of a friend. He and his brother Derek Greene were gunned down by Rory Holland on June 30, 2009 on South Street in Biddeford. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Derek Greene jokes for the camera. He and his brother Gage Greene were gunned down by Rory Holland on June 30, 2009 on South Street in Biddeford. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

ALFRED — At a time when demand is up and donations are down, York County Shelter Programs hopes to provide about 1,500 boxes containing turkey and all the fixings to families in need next week. “It’s exciting to get a turkey you can cook,” said Joan Sylvester, community relations director at York County Shelter Programs […]

BIDDEFORD — On Thursday, the day after her daughter turned herself in for allegedly starting the Nov. 9 fire at 22 Cutts St. that left 13 people homeless, Elizabeth Howe spoke up. “It’s a tragedy for all involved, including myself, said Howe. Like the other tenants, said Howe, she also lost all of her possessions. […]

Elizabeth Howe, of Biddeford, speaks to reporters outside the Biddeford Motel on Thursday, about her daughter, Nicole Howe. Nicole Howe is charged with arson for causing the fire on Nov. 9 that destroyed the 10-unit apartment building at 22 Cutts St., in Biddeford, leaving 13 people homeless. She will be arraigned today via video in […]

BIDDEFORD — After turning herself in, a woman who lived at 22 Cutts St. was charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed that building on Nov. 9. No one was injured in the fire, but 13 people living in the 10-unit building were left homeless. Nicole M. Howe, 28, turned herself in […]