The county would use American Rescue Plan Act and other funding to build a barrier-free substance misuse recovery center and a separate first responder training and readiness center on the grounds of York County Jail in Alfred.
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Candidates for four elected York County government offices are unopposed
All elected county terms are four years.
York County Deputy EMA director recognized for a job well done
Megan Arsenault was working in animal welfare and was deployed to Joplin, Missouri, to help that city’s animals when a tornado ripped through the city in 2011. That, she said, is when she became hooked on emergency management.
POW-MIA memorial to be dedicated Sept. 24
SPRINGVALE — People from across the region are invited to the Southern Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Saturday, Sept. 24 to mark the dedication of a memorial to prisoners of war and those missing in action. The memorial is a black and gray monolith depicting the POW-MIA symbol of comrades-in-arms surrounded by a semi-circle of […]
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard impact was $1.3 billion in 2021
More than 1,500 people from York County work at the 222-year-old Kittery facility, which maintains and repairs submarines.
Kennebunk detective pursues answers in 1964 case of missing boy
Robert “Bobby” Desmond has not been seen since Aug. 1, 1964. Police are asking that anyone with information to contact them.
Meet Old Orchard Beach Police Chief Elise Chard
“I’ve had great opportunity here. It is a great community,” said Chard. “I have no desire to go anywhere else.”
Ceremony marks General Lafayette’s Biddeford visit on 1825 America tour
The legislation designating the Lafayette Trail in Maine was sponsored by Sen. Susan Deschambault of Biddeford. The unveiling of the first trail marker to be installed in Maine took place in the city on Aug. 18.
Acton Fair returns Aug. 25-28
Rides, fair food, cows and oxen, goats and more, and the ever-popular pig scramble return for the 157th year.
Police charge Old Orchard Beach man with assault on 2-year-old
Police say child’s injuries are serious, but not life-threatening