Late at night the lights burned in the governor’s study. Mario Cuomo was reading, he was writing, he was worrying, he was agonizing, he was brooding. For as all the world knows, Cuomo, who died Thursday just after his son, Andrew, was sworn in for his second term as governor, knew misery and torment. He […]
2015
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Police join family in mourning slain NYPD officer
NEW YORK — Police officers from around the U.S. joined grieving family members as they mourned a 32-year-old immigrant who realized his dream of being an NYPD officer but was gunned down in his squad car. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton eulogized Officer Wenjian Liu on Sunday as an […]
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Edna May Kenney
BIDDEFORD— Edna M. Kenney, 92, of May Street died at the South Ridge Rehab on Friday, Jan. 2. Edna was born Feb. 14, 1922 in South Berwick. She was the daughter of Edwin and Ethel (Wilkinson) Young. Edna graduated from Berwick Academy and Becker College, Worcester, Massachusetts. After graduation, Edna remained in Worcester and worked […]
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Longtime ESPN sportscaster Scott dies at 49
Stuart Scott was in his element, working a “Monday Night Football” game, when he was forced to leave for an appendix operation. Doctors discovered a tumor during surgery and Scott was diagnosed with cancer. But he made a point of continuing to live his life ”“ at work and outside of it. “You beat cancer […]
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Community Calendar
Monday, Jan. 5 Beginning Monday, Jan. 5, open playtimes for children 6 years old and younger at The Center for Parenting and Play, 11 Adams St., Biddeford, will be Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Mondays 1-3 p.m. The cost is $3 per child. Wednesday, Jan. 7 Acton Congregational Church, 59 […]
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OOB Public Works
Old Orchard Beach public works staff plows Pine Avenue Sunday morning.
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Richard Stevens
SACO — Richard C. Stevens, 86, of Saco, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 at St. Andre’s Health Care Facility in Biddeford. He was born April 11, 1928 in Sanford a son of Ralph O. and Catherine (Mudgett) Stevens. He lived in Biddeford where he attended elementary schools and graduated from Biddeford High School in 1946. […]
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Biddeford’s Engine is running strong
BIDDEFORD — Engine, the arts-focused non-profit on Main Street, has a lot on the horizon, including hosting a Biddeford-born artist collective’s first exhibition at the end of the month, as well as finally starting to see its dream of renovating the Marble Block come to fruition. “Our whole mission is to help revitalize downtown Biddeford […]
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AG-elect targets drug abuse problem
BOSTON — Attorney General-elect Maura Healey is preparing a major push against heroin and prescription drug abuse, including plans to expand the Massachusetts program that monitors prescription drug use and to investigate the cost of anti-overdose medication. Healey, who takes office later this month, was set to announce her plans Monday, including the creation of […]