SANFORD — Four small businesses will be getting a helping hand this year, with grant money that will help them expand. One will grow organic vegetables and make cheese from sheep’s milk; another will upgrade audio equipment to attract clients they’ve previously had to turn away. A third company will expand its hot, cheesy, brick […]
February 2015
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Danger for southern Maine fisheries
It was April, 1970, opening day for fishing, the place McKay creek outside North Plains, Oregon. My great uncle Cecil had brought me to the fishing hole on the ancestral homestead. I was eight years old. As we stood on the bank he motioned to where he wanted me to cast. I lobbed a worm […]
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Luttman named to dean’s list
OXFORD, OH — Michaela F. Luttman of York Harbor was named to the Miami University fall 2014 dean’s list.
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Coke bets on ‘premium milk’
NEW YORK — Coke is coming out with premium milk that has more protein and less sugar than regular. And it’s betting people will pay twice as much for it. The national rollout of Fairlife over the next several weeks marks Coca-Cola’s entry into the milk case in the U.S. and is one way the […]
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Chloe Smith will travel to D.C.
FAIRFAX, Va. — Chloe Smith, a student at Kennebunk High School has been selected to represent Kennebunk as a National Youth Correspondent to the 2015 Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University.
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Airport improvements tabled in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — The City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday to table a project that would address safety concerns at Biddeford Municipal Airport. Councilor Bradley Cote proposed the motion to table, which was seconded by Councilor Clement Fleurent. Additionally, Councilors Robert Quattrone, Roger Hurtubise and Marc Lessard voted in favor of it, while Council President John McCurry […]
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Thanks to all who helped save a life
How often do you find yourself thinking about the people in your community who work to save lives? Most likely, not often enough. Recently our family was faced with a medical emergency that none of us saw coming and because of the dedicated, professional individuals working that day and the days that followed, we survived […]
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Tigers shut out Portland/Deering
BIDDEFORD — Ailaina Keely scored a goal and assisted on two others as host Biddeford completed its regular season with a 4-0 victory over Portland/Deering in a Western Maine girls hockey game at Biddeford Ice Arena Tuesday. Suzette Lamoureux had a goal and an assist, and Abbie Paquette and Paige Boudreau also tallied goals for […]
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Kathryn Nickerson receives degree
ATLANTA, Ga.— Kathryn Nickerson of Springvale has earned a bachelor of science in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
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Saco motel becomes home away from home for those displaced by OOB fire
SACO — The foyer of the Hampton Inn on Industrial Park Road was a gathering place Tuesday morning for those left temporarily homeless by a recent fire in Old Orchard Beach. Centennial Place apartment residents congregated on the first floor. A few chatted and drank coffee, others used the hotel guest computers, one waited for […]