BUXTON — Love stories have a way of standing the test of time. Settings and circumstances may change, but the feelings that bind two hearts together is a theme that appeals to every generation. One of those love stories, “The Old Peabody Pew,” is now nearly 100 years old, but is still capturing hearts as […]

Left, Camille Bourque, who portrays Mrs. Baxter, the minister’s wife, with Linda Caouette, right, who plays Miss Lobelia Brewster, described in the casting list as “no lover of men,” work on the church carpeting as they rehearse their roles in “The Old Peabody Pew” at the Tory Hill Meeting House in Buxton, Tuesday. The women, […]

SACO — Although AIDS has largely fallen off the radar as a national health threat due to the development of life-prolonging medicines, it’s still an ongoing scourge around the world and a very present issue for the afflicted, their families and friends. More than 1,300 people are infected with HIV/AIDS in Maine, according to the […]

WATERBORO — It is a Saturday morning in Waterboro, and by 8:30 a.m., the players have already filed in. They’re been gathering for a dozen years, first at the old Lee’s Family Restaurant on Route 5, where upwards of 20 players would come together regularly. These days, on the second and fourth Saturday of each […]

Kenneth Colwell of Newfield plays a card during a cribbage tournament at Waterboro Town Hall Saturday. About a dozen people regularly gather to play and organizers said more players are always welcome. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)

Jennifer and Anthony O’Driscoll of Sanford were among the Black Friday shoppers who streamed through the door at 6 a.m. at Ocean State Job Lot in Sanford today. The store opened earlier in the week but held a Grand Opening this morning. (TAMMY WELLS/ JOURNAL TRIBUNE)

SANFORD — As Brian Peters stood outside Ocean State Job Lot at 5:45 a.m., waiting for the 6 a.m. opening, he knew exactly what he was looking for. A stereo that regularly retailed for $1,000, according to the store’s flyer, was on sale for much less. “It’s $250,” said Peters, who was among about 15 […]

ALFRED — A Kennebunk man was ordered held without bail Wednesday on a charge of gross sexual assault. Police accused Gary Traynham of strangling his estranged girlfriend Nov. 9 at her Sanford apartment to the point she blacked out. A police affidavit said he also sexually assaulted her and fled the state with their 2-year-old daughter. […]

ARUNDEL — Ask a Mildred L. Day School kindergarten student how his or her day was and you’re likely to get an answer you won’t understand ”“ that is, if you don’t speak Spanish. Now that Arundel is part of Regional School Unit 21, students in kindergarten through second grade are learning Spanish twice a […]

Teacher Genevieve O’Connell talks to second-grader Kaitlyn Palmer Monday during Spanish class at Mildred L. Day School in Arundel. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)