OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The egg, both edible and incredible, enjoys an annual spike in popularity as Easter approaches. Children paint them; parents hide them. But sometimes things get taken to the next level, and that’s just fine with Deacon Kennedy. Kennedy spent much of Saturday morning on all fours, pawing through scores of colored […]

Deacon Kennedy reaches for a colored egg Saturday during the annual Eggstravaganza event at Old Orchard Beach High School. (JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune)

Kim Olson, left, applies handcuffs to her husband, Bill, not pictured, while Saco Police Corporal Daniel Beaulieu shows her the proper technique during a session of the Citizen’s Academy at the station last week. JEFF LAGASSE/Journal Tribune

President Barack Obama delivers a campaign speech at the Southern Maine Community College campus in South Portland on Friday. JEFF LAGASSE/ Journal Tribune

SOUTH PORTLAND — Throngs of New Englanders descended upon the Southern Maine Community College campus in South Portland on Friday to witness a campaign stump speech by President Barack Obama. Touting what he believed were the highlights of his administration’s accomplishments, Obama’s speech covered a wide array of topics, ranging from the repeal of the […]

SACO — On a recent Wednesday evening, Deputy Police Chief Raynald Demers addressed students at the Citizen’s Police Academy at the end of the night’s class to recap the evening. “How’d it go?” he asked.  “Awesome!” many of them replied, amidst clapping. This sort of enthusiasm has been prevalent throughout the eight-week course, which teaches […]