BIDDEFORD — The two Catholic parochial schools, which serve pre-school through eighth grade students in the Biddeford-Saco area, will be working more closely together starting this school year. St. James School in Biddeford, and Notre Dame de Lourdes School in Saco announced earlier this summer that as of the current school year, both schools will […]

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

SANFORD — By the second week of November a new store will open in the old Wal-Mart location on Main Street, further expanding the community’s big box retail sector and just in time for what retailers nationwide and closer to home hope will be a lucrative holiday shopping season. Ocean State Job Lot, a Rhode […]

Lisa Marchese of the State Attorney General’s Office, foreground, speaks before York County Superior Court in Alfred Wednesday regarding Kim Spampinato, center, flanked by attorneys Sarah Churchill, left, and Amy McGarry. Spampinato changed her plea to guilty for charges of arson and murder and will face sentencing in the homicide of her husband. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal […]

ALFRED — Kimberly Spampinato pleaded guilty Wednesday to one charge of arson and one charge of murder for killing her husband, Christopher Spampinato, by dousing him with gasoline and lighting him on fire on Jan. 8. He died a little over a week later with burns covering more than 85 percent of his body. Assistant […]

KENNEBUNK — The Town of Kennebunk’s efforts to save money may leave some areas of town in the dark. Facing a potential budget shortfall, Town Manager Barry Tibbetts, on recommendation from the Streetlight Committee earlier this year, proposed decommissioning a number of streetlights around town, hoping to save on costs by operating fewer lights in […]

Ruthie, who asked that her last name not be used, takes a break from work Tuesday and leans against one of several streetlights lined along Main Street in Kennebunk. The town is considering decommissioning several streetlights in an effort to save money, which has raised concern among some citizens. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — Due to a declining population of parishioners and a decrease in collections, three of the five year-round churches in the Roman Catholic Good Shepherd Parish will be closing. The news was announced to parishioners from the pulpit by Monsignor Rene Mathieu during masses over the past weekend. Notre Dame de Lourdes Church of […]

St. Andre Church on Bacon Street in Biddeford is one of three churches in Biddeford-Saco’s Roman Catholic Good Shepherd parish that is slated to close its doors due to declining population and dwindling revenues.

Classmates Antoinette (Antonakos) Mendros, Esther (Silcox) Caldwell, and Marian (Smith) Robichard, looked at an old newspaper article from their days at Biddeford High School in the early 1940s. (DINA MENDROS/Journal Tribune)