Paul Schumaker, executive director of the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission, speaks about mill revitalization made possible, in part, by brownfield cleanup funds provided by the Environmental Protection Agency, at the North Dam Mill in Biddeford Monday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Biddeford High School student Danielle Ouellette, right, smooths a block of wood during an all-female woodshop and electricity class at the school on Wednesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Two Marines from Maine got together in a Biddeford kitchen Saturday and while they had never before met, they talked as if they’d known each other for years. One is 19, the other 87 ”“ separated by 68 years but joined together by a common bond. What they share is serving their country […]

BIDDEFORD — Add electrician to the list of what some of the girls at Biddeford High School are interested in becoming after graduation. That’s thanks in large part to the Independent Woman class being taught for the second year by Technical Education teacher Michelle Lane. Prior to taking the class, “I wanted to go into […]

Biddeford High School students Santana Plante, left, and Tabitha Copeland set to work on making a circuit during an all-female woodshop and electricity class at the school on Wednesday. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Private Joel Krebs, off to begin training and likely to serve in Afghanistan, met World War II veteran Paul Houde Saturday, a day before leaving for Camp Geiger, N.C. Houde shared reminisces of his service in the Marines in World War II, including 12 hours he spent in the Pacific Ocean after his ship was […]

Recently, on a sun-splashed day on the Bartlett Road in Belgrade, a short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) in its winter white caught my eye, darting furtively along the top of a dirty snowbank right beside my vehicle. I stopped and so did the little predator. He eyed me suspiciously before retreating to the woods. My passing […]

Q: What causes avalanches? A: Basically, it happens when a lot of snow breaks away from a weak layer of snow. And this has to be on terrain of a sufficient angle. “Basically avalanches are a whole lot of bad luck,” says Jeremy Kupferman, a Professional Climbing Instructors Association certified climbing instructor and assistant winter […]

NORTH WATERBORO — An infant, his 3-year-old sister and their mother were rescued Thursday afternoon by a passerby who clambered down a steep embankment and jumped into the Little Ossipee River to free them from their submerged car. Charanay Pok, 24, was driving south on New Dam Road near Ledgemere Dam when she lost control […]

Authorities take a look at the vehicle that vaulted into the Little Ossipee River Thursday afternoon. Two young children and their mother were rescued from the vehicle by passerby Lisa Boisvert, who jumped into the river and forced open the car door. PHOTO COURTESY OF GORDON LITTLEFIELD, WATERBORO