BIDDEFORD — It’s the middle of winter, but baseball was on the brain in Biddeford on Wednesday evening. There wasn’t a game to be played, but competition was fierce, nonetheless. An extensive, rare collection of baseball memorabilia was up for auction at Saco River Auction Co. in the Pepperell Mill, with more than 400 items […]
January 15, 2015
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Sister Pauline Lamirande
BIDDEFORD — Sister Pauline Lamirande, formerly known as Sister St. Yolande of Jesus, died at St. Joseph Convent on Jan. 14 at the age of 90. Sister Pauline was born in Biddeford on July 31, 1924, to William Lamirande and Emma Valliere Lamirande. Pauline was the third oldest child in a family of six children. […]
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Colts LB charged with rape
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors filed charges of rape, criminal confinement with bodily injury and battery resulting in bodily injury against Indianapolis Colts backup linebacker Josh McNary on Wednesday. Early Thursday morning, an attorney for McNary released a statement saying his client “unhesitatingly” denied the allegations and had immediately reported Wednesday night to law enforcement officials […]
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School Board meeting at City Hall
Saco Mayor Don Pilon presents Saco School Board Chairman Kevin Lafortune a $40,000 check at Wednesday night’s school board meeting in city hall. The money is being used to replace classroom door locks so they can be locked from the inside, to prevent teachers from having to go out into the hallway to lock the […]
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Man gets caught in milling machine
BRADFORD, N.H. (AP) — Police say a worker got caught in a milling machine in Bradford, New Hampshire, and was flown to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. WMUR-TV reports by the time emergency crews arrived Wednesday, the man was freed from the machine. His condition was not known. Further information on the accident was not immediately available.
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49ers promote D-line coach Tomsula to head coach
SAN FRANCISCO — Jim Tomsula made his modest head coaching start in NFL Europe, then landed as the 49ers’ top man nearly a decade later. San Francisco promoted its longtime defensive line coach to head coach Wednesday, going with a familiar face following a national search that took more than two weeks and ended right […]
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Marathon jurors to be questioned
BOSTON — Prospective jurors who made it through the first round of cuts in Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s federal death penalty trial face individual questioning as the second phase of jury selection beginstoday. More than 1,350 people were called to court last week to fill out lengthy juror questionnaires. Tsarnaev’s lawyers and prosecutors […]
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Family Album
A 1907 postcard of a mill which was run by L.L. Bradbury from 1885 until it burned in 1918. — Submitted by Jim Leary, Saco ”¢ ”¢ ”¢ Readers are invited to submit old photographs for use in this weekly feature. Call the News Department at the Journal Tribune, 282-1535, Ext. 319, with any questions.
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AP Source: Jack Del Rio to be new Raiders coach
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders hired Denver defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio as their new head coach on Wednesday in hopes that the Bay Area native who grew up cheering for the Raiders can return the team to its glory days. A person with knowledge of the deal confirmed on condition of anonymity that […]
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YMCA opens to all
BIDDEFORD — To help families keep their New Year’s resolutions for better health and wellness, all four branches of the YMCA of Southern Maine will be opening their doors to the public to use all of their facilities, such as the gyms, weight rooms and swimming pools, and take part in more than 200 wellness […]