Biddeford High School student Devin Ouellette photographs old newspaper clippings during teacher Denise Doherty’s alternative education class at the school on Thursday. Doherty’s class is working in conjunction with McArthur Library and the Biddeford Historical Society to create a website based on the city’s history as part of the Maine Community Heritage Project. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal […]

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– President Obama is “seriously considering” proposing an American peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to two top administration officials. “Everyone knows the basic outlines of a peace deal,” said one of the senior officials, citing the agreement that was nearly reached at Camp David in 2000 and in subsequent negotiations. He said […]

SACO — Two lifelong friends will be on stage together for their last public appearance on Saturday. Roland Bergeron, 85, and Louis “Red” Soucy, 83, will perform, along with others, an “Old Country Music Nite” at 7 p.m. at the Cornerstone Methodist Church at 20 Jenkins Road. The two first performed publicly together around 1942 […]

Louis “Red” Soucy, front, and Roland Bergeron, who perform old-fashioned country music as The Troubadours, pose at Soucy’s Saco home on Tuesday. The Troubadours will be making their last public appearance together on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Cornerstone Methodist Church in Saco. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — After viewing the site and having a brief discussion Wednesday, the Planning Board unanimously approved the site plans for the addition and renovation of Biddeford High School on Maplewood Avenue. The first phases of construction ”“ on the project voters approved last year ”“ are set to begin as soon as classes let […]

Wells Middle School student Caleb Huiland, a member of the Humane Action League, plays with a young puppy Monday at the Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk. The HAL aims to teach school-aged children about the proper care and maintenance of animals, as well as appreciation of shelter work. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

KENNEBUNK — On a sunny patch of grass Monday outside the Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk, Wells Middle School student Caleb Huiland laid his head down, closed his eyes and laughed as a litter of puppies swarmed upon him and licked his face. Huiland belongs to the Humane Action League, a group of children from […]

BIDDEFORD — On Thursday, Biddeford High School students in one of Carolyn Gosselin’s English classes were learning how to facilitate group meetings. The students, all seniors, are working with the downtown revitalization organization, the Heart of Biddeford, to get community feedback that will provide input for a master plan to help guide the redevelopment of […]