Thumbs up to all of the volunteers of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church who keep the annual Greek Festival alive through their dedication to traditional recipes and music. Those who patronize the festival should also be applauded for their support, which ultimately keeps the event alive and helps to celebrate one of the major ethnicities […]

Throughout my childhood I would catch bits and pieces of information about the war in Vietnam. Thankfully I am young enough that I was born after the war had ceased and there was no one in my immediate family who had to serve there, with the exception of a distant uncle. My family seemed to […]

Following the same reasoning as state courts in California, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Iowa, a federal district court has ruled that a federal law against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro upheld two separate challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that established a federal definition of marriage […]

It will be several years before the administration’s health care reforms take effect, and some opponents are trying to ensure that they never will. But significant improvements are already at hand. New rules now forbid insurance companies from denying coverage to sick children, and young adults can now stay on their parents’ policies until age […]

Biddeford celebrated a red letter day last week, the start of comprehensive renovations at Biddeford High School. The project was set in motion eight months ago, when Biddeford voters approved a $34 million bond to pay for the project. It was a vote of confidence in a complicated plan that will take years to accomplish, […]

A lack of job growth continues to demonstrate the slackness of the U.S. economy. The month of June brought no meaningful improvement in the nation’s high unemployment, and the disheartening statistics are widely seen as a sign the economy is in danger of slipping back into recession. The unemployment rate declined slightly, but the nation’s […]

Thumbs up to responders in Alfred and Biddeford, federal agents and the State Police bomb squad, among others, who worked together Friday, June 25 toward the safe detonation of several pipe bombs created by an Alfred man, Robert W. Infante. The quick but careful work protected citizens and the staff at Southern Maine Medical Center, […]

Sanford hurler Dustin Ramey delivers a pitch to Jim Laufer of the Lowell All-Americans during the fifth inning of an NECBL game staged at the Ball Park in Old Orchard Beach. Ramey threw seven scoreless innings, scattering just three hits while leading the Mainers to a 7-0 triumph. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)

OLD ORCHARD BEACH ”“ Technically they were the visiting team, but Friday, the Sanford Mainers looked right at home in their one night stand at the Ball Park. With righthanded starter Dustin Ramey throwing seven stellar innings, the Mainers handed the Lowell All-Americans a 7-0 thumping before an appreciative crowd estimated at about 900. Supplied […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has shaken some gun control advocates by reaffirming its interpretation of the Second Amendment and clarifying its protection of gun ownership. The 5-4 decision expanded on the court’s 2008 landmark decision upholding the right of an individual to bear arms. In overturning a Chicago handgun ban last week, the court made […]