OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Conservation Commission will no longer oversee The Ballpark, and the town will review a proposed ordinance that would create a new Ballpark Commission. The Town Council voted Tuesday 4-1, with Councilor Robin Dayton casting the opposing vote, to cease the oversight of The Ballpark by the Conservation Commission. This includes […]

SACO — As the city considers changes for the downtown B-3 district, it is looking at a size regulation that is more lenient than recommended by the Planning Board. The B-3 district is a pedestrian-friendly district in the downtown that provides an urban area where businesses and residences compliment each other. In September 2009, the […]

A view of Saco’s downtown on Tuesday. The City Council is considering changes to the downtown B-3 district that would restrict the size of new development. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Park volunteers Garry Kasten and wife Janet grab a trail map from a plastic container near the entrance to the Blandings Park Wildlife Sanctuary in Biddeford, which celebrated its grand opening on Monday. The sanctuary is a grassroots 501(c)3 land trust founded in 2006 to preserve and protect the area bounded by Pool Street, West […]

Susan Lavertu-Sansevieri, right, shares a moment with best friend Peggy Bannon Friday night at the AMVETS Post in Sanford. The hall was host to a benefit to raise funds for Lavertu-Sansevieri, who will need surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from her spine. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Charlotte DalPra adds a heart sticker to her custom valentine Tuesday at Parsons Memorial Library in Alfred during crafts time in the children’s room. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Sophia Tounge, right, examines a display case Tuesday at Parsons Memorial Library in Alfred with sister Isabella, center, and Bela Rose Helms after making custom valentines in the children’s room. The display case features a collection of old Valentine’s Day cards. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SANFORD — “Stunned.” That was how Susan Lavertu-Sansevieri described her reaction on Jan. 18, when she discovered from her doctor the source of her frequent headaches: Clivus chordoma, a rare cancerous tumor on her spine, at the base of her neck. “It’s about the size of two golf balls in a space where a walnut […]

This valentine postcard, on display at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, is part of a larger vignette about Helena Coombs and Norman Wentworth who relied on trolley service to visit each other while courting in Kennebunk in the early 1920s. The collection is on loan from Nelson Wentworth of Kennebunk and is included in […]