BANGOR — Today marks the beginning of what attorneys are estimating will be a two-week trial for accused murderer Rory Holland. Holland, 56, of Biddeford, is charged with two counts of murder for the shooting deaths of Biddeford brothers Derek Greene, 21, and Gage Greene, 19, on June 30, 2009. Jury selection took place on […]

Bryant McCubrey, 13, stands by his catch last week during a pheasant hunting expedition in Cornish with the Kezar Falls Fish and Game Club. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune

BIDDEFORD —  On most days, the rectangular hall of the Rochambeau Club is set up with rows of tables and chairs. But come Nov. 2, the room will look very different as voter registration tables and voting booths take over the hall. One result of the Biddeford High School renovation is that the Steve White […]

John Bernard and his hunting dog, Magic, embark on a pheasant hunting expedition with the Kezar Falls Fish and Game Club last week in Cornish. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune

CORNISH — With a cackle and a frenzied rustling of feathers, a cock pheasant scrambles up into the air, discovered by the keen nose of a spaniel, and with a resounding shot becomes a prize catch. Such is the scene of a pheasant hunt, in a season that began this month and runs through the […]

ALFRED — John Durfee, bailed from York County Jail Thursday night, claims he was not the driver of the vehicle seen leaving the area after his wife was found unconscious on the side of Route 91 in Eliot Oct. 13. Durfee, who was wanted by York Police on a felony charge of eluding an officer, […]

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Jose Duddy, proprietor of the website jobsforbiddeford.com, holds a sign in support of the racino Wednesday at a press conference on Alfred Street in Biddeford held by the Biddeford Career Firefighters Union, which came out in support of the proposed Biddeford Downs. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Without new revenue, cuts to the Biddeford Fire Department and services to the city will need to be made, said a representative from the Biddeford Career Firefighters Union, Local 3107. That’s why, he said, the union is supporting the referendum question this November to allow a racino in Biddeford. In a 4-1 vote, […]

BIDDEFORD — Tensions ran high on Tuesday, when a standing room only crowd packed City Hall to discuss the proposal to bring harness racing and an accompanying slot machine facility to Biddeford. Discussion by proponents and opponents of the measure at times elicited applause, booing and shouting. The issue became public on Aug. 17 when, […]