SANFORD — Members of Sanford’s Crossroads United Methodist Church had their faith in the goodness of others restored this week when a local contractor stepped up to help the congregation and removed hundreds of pounds of asphalt and broken tar that had been dumped illegally in the church parking lot last week. Church Trustee Candy […]
Journal Tribune News
Posted inJournal Tribune
Lyman robbery suspect turns himself in to troopers
LYMAN — A suspect wanted for robbery, eluding police in a high-speed pursuit and driving recklessly has turned himself in to the Maine State Police. Earlier this week, members of Maine State Police’s Troop A in Alfred, received a complaint about a motor vehicle operating recklessly in Lyman. A caller told troopers that a driver was […]
advertisement
Posted inJournal Tribune
Lyman student earns legislative scholarship
AUGUSTA – University of New England student Hope Saucier of Lyman has received a $1,000 scholarship from the Legislative Memorial Scholarship Fund. One recipient from each Maine county earned a scholarship. Saucier and other winners were awarded their scholarships in the Maine Senate. Saucier was accompanied in the Senate Chamber by her parents, Jeff and […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Sanford man sentenced for transporting child pornography
SANFORD — A Sanford man has been sentenced for five years in prison on child pornography charges. Rusty Hood, 38, of Sanford, was sentenced on Thursday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to five years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for transporting child pornography. Hood pleaded guilty to the […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
DuPuis puts his hat in District 14 race
SACO — Republican Stephen DuPuis is running against incumbent Democrat Donna Bailey and Independent Frederick Samp for the District 14 House of Representative seat, covering part of Saco. DuPuis, 62, recently retired from a career as a software engineer and has an MBA from the University of Southern Maine. He is a minority owner of […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
UNE students team up with Scholastic to donate books to Mexican school
BIDDEFORD — A global citizenship class that traveled to Mexico over spring break from the University of New England is now giving back to the community that they visited. Students from the citizenship class are getting from Scholastic in Saco over 1,000 books that they will donate to a school in Mexico. The 12 students […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Journey to Jordan could transform Biddeford teacher’s career
BIDDEFORD — Great teachers inspire students in unique ways and for Lori Flynn, a fourth-grade teacher at Biddeford Intermediate School, that concept is about to be put to the test as she embarks on a journey that could transform her career and the lives of refugee children halfway around the world. Flynn leaves Sunday for […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Sheriff to suspect in deputy killing: ‘Turn yourself in’
NORRIDGEWOCK — A sheriff on Thursday urged a man sought in the killing of a deputy to turn himself in and warned a community to stay vigilant during a manhunt in what is believed to be the first slaying of a law enforcement officer in Maine in nearly 30 years. The fatal shooting of Somerset […]
Posted inJournal Tribune
Russia parades Syrian ‘witnesses’ to disprove gas attack
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Russian diplomats brought alleged “witnesses” from Syria, including an 11-year-old child, to the headquarters of the global chemical weapons watchdog in the Netherlands to disprove allegations of a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government. The group of Syrians then held a press conference where they denied any poison gas attack […]