On Sunday, Robert Riley and Missy Byrnes, both of Standish, attended the chili cook-off at the American Legion hall, Post 26, on Elm Street in Biddeford. Byrnes was representing Smiling Hill Farm in Westbrook. The cook-off was a fundraiser to keep the hall open. More than $1,000 in donations and pledges were raised Sunday. (DINA […]

Pauline Gorham, mother of Kelly Gorham, pictured outside York County Superior Court Friday, said her daughter should be remembered as “the most caring girl in the world.” A jury found Kelly Gorham’s former fiancé, Jason Twardus, guilty of her murder Friday. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)

Frank Boucher, co-owner of Giles’ Family Farm in Alfred, reaches for a ripening apple Wednesday at the farm’s apple orchard. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

ALFRED — Kelly Gorham was a beautiful person, said her mother, Pauline Gorham Friday. “She was the most caring girl in the world.” Gorham, a 30-year-old nursing student, went missing from her Alfred apartment sometime after Aug. 7, 2007. Her remains were found a month later in remote Stewartstown, N.H., just a few miles from […]

ALFRED — Sun-ripened apples plucked from the tree have a freshness that cannot by rivaled by supermarket stock, according to Frank Boucher, co-owner of Giles’ Family Farm. And visitors agree. Bill and Charlene Bourbon of North Berwick said they come to Giles each fall to pick apples, which they like to eat fresh from the […]

Bob LeBlanc of York Beach uses a fruit picker to wrestle free an apple from the top of one of the many apple trees at Giles’ Family Farm. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

ALFRED — Jason Twardus has been found guilty of the murder of his ex-fiancee, Kelly Gorham, in a decision released at 10:20 a.m. He is being held without bail pending sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set. Twardus faces a minimum of 25 years to a maximum of life in prison. The seven-man, five-woman […]

BIDDEFORD — Preservation of the harness racing industry and bringing jobs to Biddeford were among the reasons given at a press conference in Mechanics Park on Wednesday for why Biddeford voters should approve building a racetrack and racino in their city when they go to the polls on Nov. 2. It was also announced that […]

Biddeford Mayor Joanne Twomey answers questions from the media Wednesday during a press conference in which officials made the case for bringing a racino to the city; in the background, jockey Drew Campbell holds the reigns of C.C. Bag O’ Luck, a horse brought in to lend a little visual flair to the event. (JEFF […]

BIDDEFORD — In November, Biddeford voters will be asked whether or not they favor the location of a racetrack and associated racino in the city. So on Tuesday, the mayor, four city councilors, several city officials and others traveled to Bangor to tour its racino in an effort to learn more about the type of […]