WATERBORO — As longtime host to school plays, wedding receptions and turkey suppers, the Waterboro Grange hall has carved out its place in the town’s history. And though the grange itself has all but dissolved, members of the Waterborough Historical Society are hoping to restore the building back to the prominence it once enjoyed. Grange […]

A city School Committee member says she’s ‘appalled’ at how GOP guests treated a classroom.

BIDDEFORD — The alleged use of a line of credit by the president of the Franco-American festival La Kermesse is under investigation by the Biddeford Police Department and the Maine Office of the Attorney General, according to the organization’s Vice President Raymond Gagne. Gagne said that Priscille Gagnon, who cited personal reasons when she stepped […]

The Marginal Way project aims to assist vehicle traffic now and bikes and walkers at a later date.

Access to Goose Rocks Beach at risk My family and I have been enjoying Goose Rocks Beach since 1981, when we bought a summer cottage in Kennebunkport. We moved here permanently in 2003. In all seasons, we walk the beach, enjoying the changing seasons and sense of peace. But the summer is really the best, […]

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Thomas Goodall, founder of Sanford’s extensive textile mills that employed thousands until the mills closed in the 1950s. By that time, the mills were owned by another company, who moved production to the southern United States. Today, the mills are moving toward renaissance, as the town […]

SANFORD — One hundred years ago today, a giant in Maine’s textile industry ”“ back when there were industrial giants ”“ died. Thomas Goodall, an Englishman who built a textile empire on the banks of the Mousam River, was 87 years old when he died in his chair, according to news reports of the day. […]

SACO — Dressed in Union blues and walking with the stiffness and assurance of a commanding officer, Charles Plummer strolled into the Masonic Lodge in Saco on Friday night and ceased to be himself. It was performance time, and as he has done on hundreds of occasions, Plummer assumed the persona of one of his […]

SACO — The cities on the Saco River are ripe with inspiration for local artists, and the fruits of their labor are currently on view at the Saco Museum and North Dam Mill. The 2010 Mill-ennial, Celebrating the Art and Artists of the Cities on the Saco, opened in April and will run through June […]

History professor and freemason Charles Plummer gives a presentation in the persona of Major General Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero and former Governor of Maine, Friday night at the Masonic Hall in Saco. Plummer was a special guest who shared his expertise of the war to give a speech on the history of the Battle […]