LEBANON — Across the Atlantic, in France, leaders of the allied nations joined together on Saturday to remember D-Day, June 6, 1944. In Lebanon, Maine, half a world away, a hush fell as an old soldier raised his voice to sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic. He, too, had fought his way up Omaha Beach […]

LEBANON — Fred Hall was in the second wave of soldiers to storm Omaha Beach at Normandy. Florien St. Arnault was in the fourth wave. It was D-Day, June 6, 1944. It was the long anticipated Invasion, dubbed Operation Overlord. France had been occupied by Nazi German forces since 1940. The two men, who now […]

Fred Hall of Rochester, N.H. is one of two D-Day veterans who will share stories of his experiences at a Witness to History event at Hanson Elementary School Saturday. Saturday marks the 65th anniversary of the invasion that began on the beaches of Normandy. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)

SANFORD — Eight Sanford Police officers laced up their sneakers this morning and started pounding the pavement. They weren’t walking a beat, but running ”“ for Special Olympics. Sanford is the first leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run which will make its way through inland Maine to the coast and then inland again before […]

Sanford Police Chief Tom Connolly joined his officers Tuesday on the first leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics. The flame will be carried by law enforcement officers across the state until it reaches its destination Friday in Orono for Special Olympics opening ceremonies. (TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — General communications will no longer be a regular agenda item during School Committee meetings. On Tuesday, the majority of members voted against continuing to hold this section of the meeting which allowed committee members to communicate with one another about items that were not listed on the regular agenda. Earlier this year, some […]

Kimberly Gignac of Limerick, shown here with defense counsel Joel Vincent, pled guilty Thursday to manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal accident in Sanford last year that killed Alan Morin of Steep Falls. York County Superior Court Justice G. Arthur Brennan rejected a recommended three-year sentence agreed upon by the state and defense […]

ALFRED — Kimberly Gignac, who pled guilty to manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident Thursday, has a decision to make: Whether to accept a judge’s sentence of five years in prison or to withdraw her plea and proceed to trial. Gignac, 26, was charged in connection with the death of motorcyclist Alan Morin […]

AUGUSTA — A bill to extend Old Orchard Beach’s seaward boundary, has passed in the House, by a vote of 135 to 9. “That’s pretty substantial,” said State Rep. George Hogan, D-Old Orchard Beach, sponsor of LD 1119. Hogan first proposed legislation to move the boundary in early 2008. The effort arose in response to […]

The Pier, pictured here, in Old Orchard Beach. (JOHN SWINCONECK/Journal Tribune File Photo)