Sap drips slowly from a tree into a bucket Wednesday at Cole Farm Dairy and Andy’s Agway in Dayton. The sap will be converted into maple syrup in time for Maine Maple Sunday weekend, which Cole will celebrate on March 27. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

To retain students, Portland’s Sophie Payson drives them to court dates and knocks on their doors.

WATERBORO — What the man at the podium said was enough to make you weep and wonder ”“ weep at the images conjured up by his words, wonder at the brutality of those who created and perpetuated such a horror. Harry Blumenthal, 87, stood at the podium in the auditorium of Massabesic High School and […]

WATERBORO — In an effort to increase student success, Massabesic High School will be switching its schedule to trimesters beginning next year. The change was approved by the School Administrative District 57 school board at their meeting on March 10. “There has been a lot of conversation, and I think it’s a good proposal,” said […]

United States military veteran Harry Blumenthal recommends a book to Irene Single, a parent of a Massabesic High School student, at the school Wednesday evening following a talk on his participation in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany during World War II. Blumenthal’s talk capped off a day of student events centered […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A new town ordinance for The Ballpark has been approved. The ordinance defines The Ballpark as a 49-acre parcel including the stadium, playing fields and parking area and states that The Ballpark is to be operated as a sports, entertainment and events facility ”“ and not as a public park. Under […]

Party candidates in two Maine House of Representatives districts and for the office of York County Sheriff will face primary challenges June 8. But gubernatorial candidate Democrat Donna Dion won’t be joining the list of candidates for the top spot in Augusta. Dion, a former mayor of Biddeford, arrived at the Secretary of State’s Office […]

Guest musician Dan Guillemette plays the fiddle for a group of St. Thomas School students Thursday night at the St. Ignatius Parish Hall in Sanford, which was host to a variety of activities celebrating Franco-American heritage. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SANFORD — French Canadian blood in your veins? Well, whether the answer was “oui” or “non,” students at St. Thomas School took up a figurative fleur-de-lis Thursday, hosting a French Heritage Night. The K-6 parochial school serves families from St. Thérèse de Lisieux Parish in Sanford and Springvale, along with those from surrounding areas. There’s […]

St. Thomas School student Carson Cuthbert plays the spoons Thursday night at the St. Ignatius Parish Hall in Sanford, which was host to a variety of activities celebrating Franco-American heritage. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)