JARABLUS, Syria (AP) — Nearly 50 children orphaned by the Syrian war escaped the hell that was their hometown of Aleppo after they appeared in a distressing video and appealed for their lives as government forces moved in under a hail of fire. In the year and half since, the children and their instructors have […]

A motorcycle rider from Canada was killed Sunday evening when his bike left the roadway and crashed in a wooded area of Casco. Capt. Craig C. Smith of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Gaetan Charest, 66, of Quebec. Charest was operating a 2018 Harley Electra Glide with a group of other […]

BIDDEFORD — An important issue affecting area residents will be discussed during an upcoming community workshop later this month in Biddeford. Each day across America, 18 to 22 veterans nationwide die by suicide.  That is almost a life an hour. The York County Veteran Suicide Prevention Task Force is presenting its first community workshop from 6 […]

LIMINGTON — York County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a head-on crash in Limington on Saturday afternoon where an individual had been trapped in a vehicle. According to York County Sheriff William L. King Jr., a call for help was received at 4:30 p.m. Saturday for a crash with entrapment in the vicinity of 513 Sokokis Ave. […]

Friday was the last day of the school year at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, where Isabelle Manahan, 15, was a freshman. School got out at noon and everyone was excited to start summer vacation. A little over two hours later and 20 minutes away from the school, Isabelle was dead, killed in a crash while driving a […]

Four people died in a head-on collision on Route 4 in Berwick early Saturday afternoon, the deadliest crash in Maine in more than three years. Three people died at the scene and another died at an area hospital. Four more people were hospitalized, one with critical injuries. The Berwick Police Department said in a statement […]

BIDDEFORD — The Maine Lighthouse Trust has received approval from the Maine Secretary of State to launch a campaign for Maine’s first lighthouse specialty license plate. The Maine Lighthouse Trust is required to have 2,000 Maine residents with active vehicle registrations pre-order the new license plate prior to the Secretary of State drafting legislation and presenting […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH – A shortage of lifeguards will mean some lifeguard stands will be closed this summer in Old Orchard Beach. “We’ve been having a pretty difficult time finding lifeguards for this summer,” said Town Manager Larry Mead said at Tuesday night’s Town Council meeting. He said the town had secured only about half […]

BIDDEFORD — Ongoing printing press problems have led to the cancellation of the delivery of Saturday’s Weekend Journal Tribune newspaper. We apologize for this inconvenience and it is our intention to deliver the Saturday Weekend edition to subscribers as soon as they are made available to us. The Sunday Journal Tribune edition will be delivered […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Justify defied all the odds on his way to achieving Triple Crown immortality. The late bloomer won the Belmont Stakes by 1¾ lengths on Saturday, giving the sport its 13th Triple Crown champion. American Pharoah ended a 37-year drought in 2015 and now just four years later, racing is celebrating another sweep […]