BIDDEFORD — After two failed attempts to add money to the proposed school budget Thursday night, the City Council passed the proposal in a 7-2 vote. The budget still needs voters’ approval at the June 8 election, but the city-side budget is on a different path. The Council gave the city budget its unanimous approval […]

BIDDEFORD — Biddeford High School students were chanting outside of Biddeford City Hall for about an hour Wednesday afternoon, and horns being sounded in support were heard from a number of passing vehicles. The students were protesting the proposed school budget, to be voted on tonight along with the city budget, which includes cuts in […]

Biddeford High School students Josh Hauck, right, and Tyler Emery join others in protesting proposed school budget cuts, Wednesday in front of City Hall. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SANFORD — A South Berwick company is considering setting up a medical marijuana dispensary in one of Sanford’s old textile mills. Green Relief MD is eyeing Stone Mill Place, a six-story former textile mill owned by Eric Stone on Emery Street in the millyard. Under rules set by the state following passage of the medical […]

WELLS — Animal-devouring plants sound like something out of a science fiction novel, but in Wells these plants and other unique species of plants and wildlife are thriving ”“ for now. Members of the Wells Conservation Commission are hoping residents will approve a measure on the June 8 ballot to preserve habitat for unique species […]

SANFORD — In 1929, the citizens of Sanford dedicated Soldiers and Sailors Park to the memory of those who had perished in World War I. But over the years, the park that was tucked away behind the Edison School, abutting Twombley Road, became an overgrown tangle. A transformation has taken place in the past few years, […]

Members of the Sanford Veteran’s Memorial Committee raised the Stars and Stripes Monday, rededicating Soldiers and Sailors Park, which was created in 1929 to mark the memory of those who died in World War I. A tangle of brush and trees for many years, the park has undergone a transformation and now contains a walking […]

Dr. Owen Grumbling, chairman of the Wells Conservation Commission, stands near a body of water at the Tilton property Friday morning in Wells. The property and a parcel known as the Granite State land are on the market and Grumbling hopes voters will give the go-ahead for the town to negotiate for both parcels. JEFF […]

The grim milestone is reached in a roadside bombing just before the Memorial Day weekend, when America honors the dead in all its wars.

BIDDEFORD-SACO — Parade begins at 10 a.m. Monday, at the intersection of Beach and Main streets in Saco. Opening ceremonies begin at Eastman Park and consist of the laying of a memorial wreath and playing of Taps. The Memorial Day Parade then proceeds south on Main Street, over the Amtrak rails and down the hill […]