Pam Payeur holds a keychain that was made to promote the Warrior Legacy Foundation, in her Biddeford home on Tuesday. Payeur started the foundation as a means of helping U.S. military veterans while they wait for the collection of disability benefits. JEFF LAGASSE/JOURNAL TRIBUNE

Herb Hooper, adjutant of American Legion Post #177, Lyman-Dayton, places an American flag on a grave in Chadbourne Cemetery, Thursday, May 20. Chadbourne is one of the oldest cemeteries in the area, he said, and has 36 veterans’ graves. The legion has erected new flags on more than 200 veterans graves in Lyman and Dayton, […]

U.S. military veteran Mike Payeur, at his parents’ Biddeford home Tuesday, shows a poster that commemorates the 110 soldiers who lost their lives in combat as part of Payeur’s unit, the 3rd Grey Wolf Brigade Combat team, 1st Calvary Division. JEFF LAGASSE/ JOURNAL TRIBUNE

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Parking fees in the downtown will double this season, in an effort to produce more revenue to offset the budget. The council voted last week to raise the parking fees from $1 an hour to $2 an hour in the metered spaces and the town parking lots in Memorial Park and […]

Representatives for local business organizations and business owners were on hand for the launch of the Biddeford-Saco Buy Local marketing campaign at the Saco Transportation Center on Tuesday. From left: Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce & Industry Executive Director Craig Pendleton, Biddeford-Saco Area Economic Development Corporation Office Administrator Christina O’Brien, Democratic candidate for governor Rosa Scarcelli, […]

BIDDEFORD — Purchasing goods, products and services at locally owned stores can have a great impact on the local community, according to several local business promotion organizations. That’s why several of those groups have banded together to start the Biddeford-Saco Buy Local campaign. The campaign kick-off took place Tuesday at the Saco Transportation Center. The […]

LEBANON — The call for help came and there were no questions asked. About 30 men and women worked in the scorching heat, humidity and mud on the grounds of the Lebanon Municipal Building Monday to make the area presentable for Memorial Day. The volunteers, many of whom also give their time to the town’s […]

Rescue Department members and others came out to replace sod after vandals destroyed a large portion of the lawn over the weekend. The property is being prepared for Memorial Day ceremonies set for 2 p.m. Monday. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)

Pam Payeur holds a keychain that was made to promote the Warrior Legacy Foundation, in her Biddeford home on Tuesday. Payeur started the foundation as a means of helping U.S. military veterans while they wait for the collection of disability benefits. JEFF LAGASSE/JOURNAL TRIBUNE