ARUNDEL — For an elementary school student, there’s nothing quite like the thrill of playing music with an accomplished band, seeing your artwork displayed at a museum or hunting for buried treasure. Students at Mildred L. Day School in Arundel have had the opportunity to do all three, which recently earned Arundel recognition as one […]

BIDDEFORD — Airport opponents were victorious again on Tuesday, when the City Council voted down a proposal to spend $13,000 to update engineering work at the Biddeford Municipal Airport. The work would have been part of a site location of development permit application with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for the airport. Rejecting the […]

The Alumni Band sat in with the M.L. Day School beginning band in their final concert of the year. Children were wide-eyed at the sound of the adult musicians. Pictured is fourth-grade student Daniel Laverriere performing with two of the Alumni Band’s trombonists. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Fourth-grade student Daniel packs away his trombone Tuesday at Mildred L. Day School in Arundel. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SACO — For Christine Blake, wearing a tiara is not all about glamour. Blake, 36, was crowned Mrs. Maine”“America on Mother’s Day and has used her role as a public figure to help promote wellness and music education. Blake is a family practice physician at a private practice in Westbrook, is married to her high […]

Saco resident Christine Blake was crowned Mrs. Maine-America on Mother’s Day. She will be competing in a national pageant in September in Arizona. PHOTO COURTESY KLM PHOTOGRAPHY.

ALFRED — Giovanni Whiteman offered to untie himself and go downstairs to help his stepfather, Winston George, who was being attacked by intruders, but his mother told him it was too dangerous. Whiteman, 15, took the stand Wednesday, the third day of the murder trial of George’s wife, Darlene George, and her brother, Jeffrey Williams […]