Kelly Gorham, whose body was found a month after she was reported missing on Aug. 8, 2007, is pictured here. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

ALFRED — The murder trial of a New Hampshire man ”“ accused of killing his former fiancée in Maine and burying her body on his family’s property in New Hampshire ”“ was scheduled to begin this morning at York County Superior Court. Opening statements were expected to begin sometime after 9 a.m., after the jury, picked […]

BIDDEFORD — As many residents struggle with the down economy, the local food pantries and soup kitchen that help feed hundreds of the city’s neediest residents are having an increasingly difficult time delivering their services. On Friday, Mayor Joanne Twomey brought these groups together in her office to discuss how they could be more efficient […]

Mike Socoloska prepares to hoist a fresh haul of canned food on his fork lift Wednesday at the York County Food Rescue in Sanford. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

SANFORD — At first glance, York County Food Rescue appears to be in pretty good shape, with pallets of non-perishable food stacked around the warehouse in the old Jagger Mill. Look closely, however, and you’ll see gaps in the stacks and wall space where there used to be cases and cases of food. After Tuesday, […]

Volunteer Stephen Ramos loads canned goods onto a fork lift at the York County Food Rescue in Sanford on Wednesday. Those at the food rescue say that donations in 2010 have been low. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

KENNEBUNK — The sound of running water, the smell of old wood, and immersion in a generations-old Maine tradition are no longer the province of the great outdoors. Although it doesn’t hurt to be there. Visitors to the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk may, while traversing the gallery, be lured by a CD looping the […]

Museum Specialist Cynthia Walker looks inside a glass display case at a decorative oar Wednesday at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk. The museum’s newest exhibit, “In the Maine Stream,” will take on a new level of interactivity on Sunday when Brick Store staff will team up with Coastal Maine Kayak of lower village to […]

SACO — The Olympia Fruit Store, located on the corner of Main and Storer Streets, was for decades part of the fabric of downtown. Though the store no longer exists, its impact on the community has now been memorialized by a plaque on the site where it once stood. The Olympia Fruit Store was opened […]

John Anagnostis reacts to the plaque commemorating the now-defunct Olympia Fruit store during a ceremony in downtown Saco on Wednesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)