ALFRED — In a hearing in York County Superior Court on Monday, Superior Court Justice Roland Cole ordered Rory Holland, a Biddeford man charged with the murder of two brothers, also from Biddeford, to undergo a stage 2 forensic evaluation to examine his state of mind. In addition, Cole set a date for jury selection […]

SACO — When Ralph Meserve was three months old, he came down with pneumonia and wasn’t expected to live. Meserve, who will turn 100 next month, proved his doctor wrong. “I never thought I’d see 100,” said Meserve this past weekend. On Saturday, Meserve was sitting in the house that he built well over half […]

Saco resident Ralph Meserve celebrated his 100 birthday a month early at an open house on Saturday. Meserve is holding a gift from a fellow Mason, a shirt embossed with the year he joined Saco Lodge No. 9.

Lisa Gould, left, attends a press conference with daughter Hailey Traynham Thursday at the Sanford Police Station. Traynham was returned to her mother after having been abducted by her father, Gary Traynham. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

SANFORD — For Lisa Gould, it is time to pick up the pieces, time to try and bring back a sense of normalcy for herself and her daughter Hailey after a week that has been anything but normal. Gould, 32, is the mother of Hailey Traynham, the two-year-old who was returned to her mother late […]

SANFORD — York County District Attorney Mark Lawrence this morning said his office has had some conversations with Sanford Police about possible initial charges against Gary Traynham, the Kennebunk man whom police say assaulted his former girlfriend earlier this week and abducted their two-year-old daughter, Hailey. Traynham, 38, is charged by New Hampshire authorities as a […]

SANFORD — Hailey Traynham was reunited with her mother late Tuesday, 30 hours after police said she was abducted by her father, who fled with the two-year-old in a stolen pick-up truck. The girl was unharmed. Her father, Gary Traynham, 38, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon by police in Milton, N.H. after a hunter […]

After a 30-hour search Sanford Deputy Police Chief Craig Sanford and Police Chief Thomas Connolly talked to reporters Tuesday about the safe recovery of Hailey Traynham, 2, by a hunter in Milton, N.H. The girl has been reunited with her mother. Her father is incarcerated at Strafford County Jail in Dover, N.H., charged as a […]

Hailey Traynham, 2, pictured recently, was reported as being taken by her father, Gary Traynham, after he allegedly assaulted the girl’s mother at her Sanford apartment. (AP WIREPHOTO/Maine Department of Public Safety)

This undated photo provided by the Maine Department of Public Safety shows Gary Traynham. Maine police have issued the state’s first Amber Alert Monday for missing 2-year-old Hailey Traynham who was taken by her father Gary Traynham after he allegedly assaulted the girl’s mother at her Sanford apartment. (AP WIREPHOTO/Maine Department of Public Safety)