BIDDEFORD — More than two dozen people braved the wind and rain on Monday to witness the groundbreaking for the redevelopment of one of the former Riverdam Mill buildings, which is being transformed into a 66-unit residential complex. Some stood under a blue canopy, others under umbrellas, as they listened to speakers talk about how […]

Robert CS Monks, a developer of The Mill at Saco Falls, delivers a speech Monday at the official groundbreaking for the Biddeford mill, currently known as part of the Riverdam Mill. It will be revamped to house apartments, the first of which should be ready in October. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

The Saco Museum is pictured here recently in Saco. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Swine flu shots are now widely available and health officials are urging those who haven’t gotten the shot already to get vaccinated. Southern Maine Medical Center and SMMC Visiting Nurses held a H1N1 vaccination clinic at Biddeford Middle School on Saturday. Elaine Brady, executive director of SMMC Visiting Nurses, said the clinic had […]

SACO — Ever wonder what the 18-foot tall granite tower near Gov. John Fairfield Elementary School is? It’s a question that is often asked by locals, according to Saco Museum officials, and now the answer can be found on page 102 of their book of historic photographs, “Images of America: Saco Revisited.” Shown in the […]

Left to right: Marie O’Brien, Collections and Archives manager for the Saco Museum, Leslie Rounds, executive director of the Dyer Library and Saco Museum, and Saco Museum Director Jessica Routhier, at the museum last Thursday with their new book, “Saco Revisited,” a compilation of photographs that detail the history of Saco. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

The Saco Drum Corps on Labor Day in 1908, shown here, is one photo featured in “Saco Revisited,” which was recently published by the Saco Museum. (REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM SACO REVISITED BY DYER LIBRARY AND SACO MUSEUM)

Nurse Margy Gambell administers an H1N1 shot to Biddeford resident Leon Paquin Saturday during a flu clinic at Biddeford Middle School. (LIZ GOTTHELF/Journal Tribune)

KENNEBUNKPORT — There’s something about the Kennebunks that seems to inspire creativity. Perhaps its the sense of history, of ghosts traversing the shadows of its dizzying coastline, that brings a spark to the artist’s hand. Countless words have been written about the area’s past; still more words have been sung in songs that celebrate the […]

Musician Harvey Reid plays guitar Wednesday at his home in York. Reid is the author of a new book — and accompanying album of songs — entitled “The Wreck of the Isidore,” an account of a legendary shipwreck that occurred off the coast of Kennebunkport. Reid will be at the port’s Graves Library on Sunday […]