SACO — The city of Saco is asking the city of Biddeford to enter mediation regarding a dispute over money that Saco believes it is owed from a former tax base sharing agreement. In 1983, the two cities entered a 22-year tax base sharing agreement for taxes generated from Maine Energy Recovery Company. The agreement […]

BIDDEFORD — Negotiations between the city and its unionized employees are not going well, at least according to representatives from the Fire Department’s union and the clerical workers’ union. “The city doesn’t want to negotiate,” firefighter William Langevin said last week. Langevin is involved with negotiations between the city and the Biddeford firefighters union, representing […]

State Rep. Don Pilon and petition gatherer Darryl Bonner listen to Saco Police Chief Bradley Paul on Main Street in Saco in front of the Saco Post Office Thursday morning.

SACO — A petitioner against a tax reform bill and two state representatives for the bill are both allowed to voice their opinion, as part of freedom of speech, said Police Chief Bradley Paul. State Rep. Don Pilon said that he went to the post office Thursday morning and saw Darryl Bonner, a petitioner from […]

BIDDEFORD — After more than an hour of discussion Tuesday, an application for a state Department of Environmental Protection permit for the Biddeford Municipal Airport was tabled by the City Council. The council voted to hold a workshop on the issue prior to making a decision. In the spring, the council voted to withdraw the […]

Flight Instructor Kevin Davison watches a plane take off Tuesday at the Biddeford Municipal Airport. The Biddeford City Council voted Tuesday night on whether to allow airport manager Tom Brian’s application for a site permit, which is a requirement by the Department of Environmental Protection on sites with impervious surface. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

WELLS — Residents will decide whether to adopt water extraction regulations for the Town of Wells at the Nov. 3 election this year, after selectmen voted 4-1 Tuesday to send the ordinance forward on the ballot. The regulatory ordinance, drafted by the Ordinance Review Committee, outlines the permitting process for any entity that seeks to […]

Janice Fortier, 46, entered a not guilty plea Friday in York County Superior Court for an arson charge. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Patricia Berthiaume, left, speaks about her position as principal of the St. James School Thursday in Biddeford with Donna Wermenchuk and Daniel Bastarache of the Catholic Education Board. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

ALFRED — A Springvale woman, whom police allege deliberately set an apartment fire earlier this year, entered a plea of innocent Friday to an arson charge. Police and fire officials said the early morning fire at 20 Mill St. in Springvale on Jan. 5 sent 14 people fleeing into the street with just the clothes on […]