Thumbs up to Heart of Biddeford and Biddeford city staff for spearheading a program to help clean up the city’s parks. The adopt-a-park program seeks groups willing to make a one-year commitment to adopt a park, which they would care for by spending time picking up litter, weeding, sweeping, cleaning, raking, trimming vegetation and reporting […]

Hundreds of people took the plunge ”“ literally ”“ into the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday to raise funds for three charitable organizations in Maine. These events, held annually on or around New Year’s Day, ask participants to raise funds via pledges and then plunge into the icy waters along Maine’s coast for their cause. In […]

Like many people, I have a number of friends who are overweight. I say this with no particular bias since, for much of my life, I’ve been among them. Not that long ago, I weighed 30 pounds more than I do now. My change of size, however, wasn’t a cosmetic choice; fear was the catalyst. And […]

This winter, for the first time in 25 years, Biddeford’s most visible homeless citizen won’t be braving the icy winds and snowy roads. Laurette Doyon, known by many as the “bag lady,” has long lived on the streets of Biddeford, rejecting aid from the Department of Health and Human Services. And although business owners had […]

New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott summed up New York’s 2011 National Football League season Monday as he flipped off reporters before exiting the locker room. Scott’s move was classless, but then again, this New York team proved to be a joke for most of the season. As star cornerback Darrelle Revis refused to answer […]

Although it was bleak by some measures, 2011 will go down in history as a very good year for land conservation in York County. The efforts made late in 2011 to finalize the purchase of land in Wells and Biddeford will benefit local nature enthusiasts for years to come and will be a testament to […]

New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott summed up New York’s 2011 National Football League season Monday as he flipped off reporters before exiting the locker room. Scott’s move was classless, but then again, this New York team proved to be a joke for most of the season. As star cornerback Darrelle Revis refused to answer […]

Thumbs up to the seven Lyman residents who have thrown in their hats to join a charter commission for the town. Lyman currently has no charter, instead following only state law, and the recall of Selectman Norman Hutchins in November spurred many to realize that a “constitution” for the town may be a good idea. […]

The day of Christmas 2011 dawned cold and gray, with a temperature hovering around 10 degrees above zero. The front porch boards snapped and popped as I walked across them to the bird-feeder pole. All was noticeably still, with not a branch or dry oak leaf moving on this windless day. A while later, large, […]

With a new year upon us, people are most likely formulating New Year’s resolutions for 2012. Each year, many of us vow to lose weight, quit smoking or make the pledge just to live a healthier life. While these are honorable goals, and we do encourage our readers ”“ and everyone for that matter ”“ […]