BIDDEFORD — Action taken by the City Council Tuesday gives the green light for a combined medical marijuana dispensary and growing facility to set up shop on a major route in Biddeford. The council’s action occurs a week after the announcement that a company was awarded a license to provide marijuana for medical use in […]

Harold Shapiro, seen at the Etz Chaim Synagogue on Bacon Street in Biddeford Friday, promises a more contemporary celebration of the Jewish High Holidays, which begin this week with Rosh Hashanah. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Services at Congregation Etz Chaim, located on Bacon Street, will be more “user friendly” this high holiday season, as one member of the synagogue describes it. Services for Rosh Hashanah, which will take place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and for Yom Kippur, which will occur on Sept. 17 and 18, will include more […]

Jeff Kelly, assistant manager of Hooligan’s Steak & Ale, pours a drink at the bar Wednesday at the establishment’s location on the Pier in Old Orchard Beach. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Thanks to sunny skies and visitors from  across the northern border, this summer season has been better than last year, according to some local business owners. “This is the best season I can remember,” said Dan Donovan, who has owned the Friendship Hotel for 10 years. One factor he said, has […]

SANFORD — The Sanford Police Department has arrested a 16-year-old Sanford High School student on a felony criminal terrorizing charge in connection with an alleged threat to students and staff. Friday morning a concerned parent reported to Sanford High School administrators that a student had posted the threatening statements on Facebook, a social-networking website. A […]

Moshe Agam, owner of the Beach Fantasy clothing and gift shop in Old Orchard Beach, speaks about the summer business season behind the counter at his store on Wednesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Derrick Bottum holds a basket of freshly prepared french fries Wednesday at Lisa’s Pizza in Old Orchard Beach. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Saco resident Sherry Ober drills pieces of plywood to the side of a neighbor’s house on the beach at Camp Ellis on Thursday in preparation of potentially stormy weather brought on by the tail of end of Hurricane Earl. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

While Earl is now a category 2 hurricane and is expected to be further downgraded to a category 1 by the time it reached the Gulf of Maine tonight, officials in York County remain vigilant. A tropical storm watch was issued for York County at 8 a.m. At the same time, a tropical storm watch […]