BIDDEFORD — Recently, Community Partners Inc. had a visit from an inspiring young man, Dylan Bellemare. CPI, a 501(c)3 non-profit, has been providing direct support services to adults with developmental disabilities since 1967. For his birthday each year, Bellemare holds a fundraiser for a local charity. This year, for his 10th birthday, Bellemare chose Community […]

ALFRED — Rebecca Emery Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered in honor of Flag Day on June 4. The chapter is now on summer break, and will resume meetings in September. A large numbers of members as well as several prospective members met at the Oak Street Bistro in Alfred, where they […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The Old Orchard Beach Historical Society has announced that through the generosity of the Hurst family, “Full Day” tickets to Aquaboggan Water Park, 980 Portland Road (U. S. Route One) in Saco are available for sale at a discounted price at Harmon Museum, 4 Portland Ave., Old Orchard Beach. Proceeds from […]

SACO — The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, has awarded Sweetser the contract to provide recovery-based peer training statewide. A peer is an individual who is receiving or has received services related to the diagnosis of a serious mental illness and/or […]

10 years ago From the Journal Tribune: “Countering a U.S. Education Department rejection of Maine’s student testing system under the No Child Left Behind Act, state Education Commissioner Sue Gendron this week submitted new arguments and asked for a meeting with federal officials.” 50 years ago From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “President Johnson, deploring the ‘shocking […]

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 2, the 215th day of 2016. There are 151 days left in the year. On this date: In 1873, inventor Andrew S. Hallidie successfully tested a cable car he had designed for the city of San Francisco. In 1876, frontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at […]

On Aug. 2, 1776, members of the Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. Ten years ago Five days after being pulled over by police, actor-director Mel Gibson was charged with misdemeanor drunken driving, having an elevated blood-alcohol level and having an open container of liquor in his car. (Gibson later […]