U.S. Senator Susan Collins shakes hands with veteran John Oser Monday morning at the American Legion post in Alfred. Collins visited the legion to deliver a speech and pay homage to those who served in the military, particularly in World War II. Below, a gathering of World War II veterans listen to Collins’ speech. (JEFF […]

ALFRED — James Hammond was never wounded, but he can tell you what a bullet sounds like when it whizzes by your head, because it happened to him. He was on Iwo Jima in 1945. He was in the Marines and the fighting was tough. The Americans were fighting to take control of two airfields […]

BIDDEFORD — Williams Court, which encompasses a small cluster of homes and apartment buildings in downtown Biddeford, has a sad history, but its citizens are hoping for a brighter future. Over the years, the area has seen the gradual degradation of its buildings, three of which were demolished earlier this year, and a tragedy in […]

Chandler Greene, left, has his hand coated in silicone rubber by Josh Dow of Green Foundry, Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church in Biddeford. Greene was one of several community members who had their hands cast for inclusion in a lantern sculpture that will be the centerpiece of a new park on Williams Court. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal […]

AUGUSTA — The Sanford School Department will continue to forge ahead under the state’s conventional school construction process in its quest for a new technical career school ”“ now that the Maine Department of Education has chosen a different project for a model school. With an industrial base heavily dependent on skilled workers ”“ and […]

Biddeford Deputy City Clerk Tricia Neault tests out the Inspire Vote-By-Phone Accessible Voting System, which allows those with physical disabilities to make their choice at the polls, Thursday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Biddeford. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Privacy and independence are among the tenets of American voting, but neither were an option for Jim Phipps until 2006. Phipps, who is blind, said he used to have his wife help him fill out a ballot, but in recent years he has used the state’s Accessible Voting System, which allows him to vote independently […]

SANFORD — Maine hospitals, including Goodall Hospital in Sanford, are suffering because the state hasn’t fully paid reimbursements for care it provides to Medicaid patients, rally-goers said Thursday. Hosted by Maine Republicans, about two dozen people, including GOP candidates for the state Legislature, gathered in Central Park at noon to draw attention to the $380 […]

Republicans rallied in Sanford’s Central Park at noon Thursday to draw attention to the debt owed to Maine hospitals, including Goodall Hospital, the town’s largest employer. Republican State Senator Jon Courtney, at left, said the state must do more to pay its debt to hospitals ”“ about $380 million is owed statewide, he estimated. Similar […]

Foster Leavitt of Saco points to a historical photo of an old train from the long-vanished Old Orchard Railroad, at the Harmon Museum on Tuesday. Leavitt recently donated, as a gift to the museum, a giant plaque featuring several such photos from the defunct rail line. Below, a close-up of a photo of a train […]