Code Enforcement Officer Mark Mitchell holds a package of weather seal Monday at Saco City Hall. Mitchell has been conducting free energy surveys of peoples’ homes and giving them pointers on how to make them more energy efficient. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SACO — The Code Enforcement Office is targeting drafty windows, leaky doorways and other gaps and cracks as they conduct free energy surveys in homes throughout the city this winter. The surveys are not an audit, but a way to identify some of the “low hanging fruit,” said Code Enforcement Officer Mark Mitchell. As much […]

BIDDEFORD — Code Enforcement Officer Roby Fecteau said he will be meeting with the city’s attorney to discuss what action to take following the collapse of a balcony on Saturday in which six people were injured. According to Fecteau, faulty construction led to the collapse of the balcony at the two-story, three-unit building located at […]

St. Mary’s and Notre Dame hold final masses next week By DINA MENDROS Staff Writer BIDDEFORD — Declining membership, a shortage of priests and lack of funding are the reasons given for the closure of several churches within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, throughout the state. Earlier this year, it was announced that two […]

A balcony-style porch rests against the side of an apartment building on Western Avenue in Biddeford Monday after falling to the ground from the second story on Saturday. Six people were injured when the porch collapsed.

The pews of St. Mary’s church in Biddeford, seen Wednesday. St. Mary’s and Notre Dame churches are slated to close their doors at the end of the year.

Emergency Medical Technician Kelsey Shields, left, hands a gift package to fellow EMT Alicia Blanchard while loading Christmas presents into the back of an ambulance at Kennebunk Fire & Rescue, Monday. The department and several of its employees organized a gift drive for two Kennebunk families who are in need this holiday season. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal […]

KENNEBUNK — To a few families in Kennebunk, they might as well be Santa’s helpers. But there’s nothing magical about Kennebunk Fire and Rescue. The decision by some in the department to buy and deliver gifts to those in need was simply a part of their DNA. On Monday night, emergency medical technicians loaded an […]

Debra Gagon, left, director of Bon Appetit, and Josie Mariello prepare food for a community dinner in the kitchen of the Second Congregational Church Monday in Biddeford. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Now is the season of “good will toward men” and in these tough economic times, putting good will into action is more important than ever, according to Mark Ettinger, director of fundraising for Bon Appetit Community Meals Program. This year the free meal program is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Bon Appetit was founded […]