BIDDEFORD — Lily Williams, a senior at Biddeford High School, has been named as one of 689 semifinalists in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Semifinalists were selected from nearly 4,700 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools this year.

WELLS — Wells Junior High School students now have a big, furry, four-legged friend to turn to should they ever need some nontraditional, nonjudgmental support away from the classroom. And that friendly creature is McGee, a light colored golden retriever always at the ready to retrieve a ball or receive a hug and sit quietly […]

EXETER, N.H. — Katherine M. Dumoulin, grade 11, of Biddeford earned high honors for the fall 2015 term at Phillip Exeter Academy.

SANFORD — Every year at the SIS annual meeting, three corporators are chosen at random to each select a local nonprofit organization to receive a $1,000 donation. This year, the winning corporators were Ann Lapierre, Daniel Roy, and Rachel Titherington designating Grahamtastic Connection, Sanford/Springvale YMCA, and Waban Projects, respectively. Grahamtastic Connection supports seriously ill and […]

10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “Brady Hout’s parents know how important the March of Dimes is. Born 10 weeks premature, Brady came out into the world on October 3, 1996 at two pounds, 13 ounces and just 13 inches long.” 50 years ago From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Arthur E. Clader, 76, of this […]

Today is Monday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2016. There are 243 days left in the year. On this date: In 1536, Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, was arrested and charged with adultery; she was beheaded 17 days later. In 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was […]

On May 2, 1946, violence erupted during a foiled escape attempt at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay; the “Battle of Alcatraz” claimed the lives of three inmates and two correctional officers before it was put down two days later. Ten years ago Rene Braeunlich and Thomas Nitzschke, two German engineers held captive […]