A man participates in Nicole’s Run Sunday in Kennebunk. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)

KENNEBUNK — Sunny skies, warm temperatures and a slight breeze made for a perfect morning to run or walk for a special cause. About 350 to 400 people signed up to put one foot in front of the other at Nicole’s Run, which benefits Caring Unlimited, York County’s domestic violence agency. Nicole Oliver was 24 […]

BIDDEFORD — Some believe that to truly know who you are, you have to know where you came from. For the Jordan family descendants, a few stops in Biddeford Thursday helped round out that picture as they visited several sites that were of note to their ancestors. About 50 members of the Jordan lineage ”“ […]

A unique horizontal gravestone on the Jordan family burial plot, seen Thursday in Biddeford. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

A gravestone on the Jordan family burial plot, seen Thursday in Biddeford. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Paul McDonough, a member of the Biddeford Historical Society, talks about the historic Jordan family on Thursday while kneeling in front of a gravestone on the family burial plot near the University of New England campus. Descendants of the family from all across the country gathered at the site to take photos and feel connected […]

ALFRED — Two colleagues, the long-time deputy district attorney and the lead prosecutor in a new domestic violence unit, are vying for the nod from Democrats for nomination to be York County District Attorney. Kathryn Slattery, a York County prosecutor since 1987 and deputy district attorney since 1991, said she’s ready to take on the […]

One person died and five others were injured at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening near 137 New Dam Road in Sanford after a car attempting to pass another that had signaled to make a turn slammed into the path of an on-coming vehicle. Meanwhile, eight hours earlier, a Biddeford woman died when the car in […]

Two people died in separate traffic accidents Thursday ”“ one in Arundel on Route 111 at about 1 p.m. and the other following a crash on New Dam Road in Sanford at about 8:30 p.m. In Arundel, York County Sheriff’s Department deputies are looking for anyone who may have witnessed a head-on collision between a […]

SPRINGVALE — The guns of his war have been silent for 65 years ”“ as World War II in Europe ended in May 1945 and France was liberated a year earlier, in 1944 ”“ but the sacrifices made by Elvert Pooler and the legions of others like him who fought to liberate occupied France from […]