BIDDEFORD — The 27th annual La Kermesse Franco-American festival is scheduled to begin later this week, but already, volunteers have been putting in many hours to make sure the event runs smoothly. “There’s a whole group of volunteers here before the festival begins,” said La Kermesse Treasurer Donna Dion. La Kermesse President Priscille Gagnon stood […]

Geoffrey Reese sits between his attorneys, Heather Gonzales and Clifford Strike, at York County Superior Court Thursday afternoon as the court waits to hear a statement from Tonya Garza. Reese was found guilty of assault charges related to shooting Garza in 2008.

ALFRED — Geoffrey Reese, a former Texas resident, was found guilty Thursday of assault charges arising from the May 4, 2008 shooting of his then-girlfriend in Saco. After the jury’s verdict, his victim, Tonya Garza, told the court that Reese had left her on the street to die. A jury at York County Superior Court […]

On Wednesday, Patricia Vaillancourt of CareerSense held customer service workshops at Saco City Hall for municipal employees in Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach. Approximately 150 employees from the three communities will attend the workshops which continue today. Pictured, Biddeford’s City Planner Greg Tansley, Community Development Coordinator Linda Hardacker and Planning Engineer Jennie Franceschi participate […]

SACO — What’s the best way to handle an irate citizen complaining about a city fee? How should a police department negotiator deal with someone contesting a traffic ticket?  These are just a few of the real-life situations local municipal employees deal with daily, which were discussed Wednesday at a customer service workshop at Saco […]

Kimberly Gignac of Limerick, who recently pled guilty to manslaughter in connection with the July 2008 Sanford hit-and-run death of motorcyclist Alan Morin of Steep Falls, was sentenced at York County Superior Court Tuesday to four and one-half years in prison. Gignac is shown here being led into the courthouse by York County Sheriff’s Office […]

ALFRED — A 26-year-old Limerick woman who recently pled guilty to manslaughter in connection with the hit-and-run death of motorcyclist Alan Morin in Sanford last July was sentenced Tueday to four and one-half years in prison.  As well, if an evaluation toward the end of her sentence recommends it, Kimberly Gignac will undergo six months […]

SANFORD — Thirty-five workers at the Evonik Cyro plant in south Sanford were laid off today. The layoffs are part of the company’s North American restructuring plan, said plant manager Drew Scott and company spokesman Mike Sheridan in a telephone interview this morning. As well as the 35 job losses in Sanford, there were 21 […]

BIDDEFORD — The country’s economic problems are hurting companies large and small, causing many to downsize or fail. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed by Congress earlier this year, has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to bail out large financial institutions on Wall Street. Some of that money, through the Small Business Administration, […]

Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission speaks during a news conference as State Health Commissioner John Auerbach, left, and Dr. Lauren Smith, right, Medical Director for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, listen in Boston Monday, June 15, 2009 where it was announced that the first death linked to swine […]