BIDDEFORD — The Board of Incorporators of Saint Andre Home has appointed Sister Therese Gauvin to serve as executive director of the agency. She has been serving as provincial superior of the American Province for the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Good Shepherd Sisters) since December 2015. Born in Biddeford, Sister Terry entered the […]
March 24, 2017
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From sap tap to short stack
WELLS — It takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup, said Rick Chase, owner of Chase Farms in Wells, as he prepared for Maine’s 34th annual Maine Maple Sunday on Thursday afternoon. The annual event, held every fourth Sunday of March, is a chance for participating sugar houses to open […]
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State Police seeking info on woman wanted for theft
BIDDEFORD — Maine State Police Troop A continues to seek information in locating a transient woman wanted on theft charges. Police are looking for information on the whereabouts of Jennifer N. Nadeau, known as Nicole Nadeau, 39, who is wanted for felony theft. Police, who had asked for the public’s help finding Nadeau on Thursday […]
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Two dogs die in Saco fire
SACO — Two pregnant dogs died in a fire that destroyed a barn at a Timber Ridge Farm at 221 Simpson Road in Saco on Thursday. Farm owner Doreen Metcalf noticed the fire when she opened the door to the barn around 9 a.m., said Dep. Fire Chief Robert Martin. The 6,000-square-foot building was used […]
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Israel arrests hacker linked to threats on US Jewish centers
JERUSALEM — Israeli police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old hacker who they said was the main suspect in a wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, appearing to crack a case that has sent a chill through the American Jewish community. The surprising arrest of the Jewish man, who holds […]
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IS claims UK attack; police say man wasn’t on terror radar
LONDON — Authorities on Thursday identified a 52-year-old Briton as the man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman to death outside Parliament, saying he had a long criminal record and once was investigated for extremism — but was not currently on a terrorism watch list. As lawmakers returned to work a day after […]
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Democrats threaten delay on Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats vowed Thursday to impede Judge Neil Gorsuch’s path to the Supreme Court, setting up a political showdown with implications for future openings on the high court. Still irate that Republicans blocked President Barack Obama’s nominee, Democrats consider Gorsuch a threat to a wide range of civil rights and think he was […]
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Something fishy in Kennebunk
KENNEBUNK — Police are investigating a fish spill that occured on at turnpike exit in Kennebunk early Thursday morning. Fire Chief Jeffrey Rowe said public safety officials received a call around 6 a.m. Thursday regarding debris and an odor in the road at the northbound turnpike exit. Rowe said there was about three inches of fish […]
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Poland’s WWII museum opens amid an uncertain future
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A major World War II museum opened in northern Poland on Thursday amid plans by the conservative government to change its content to fit the government’s nationalist views. The Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk is at the center of a standoff between the historians creating it and Poland’s […]
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Mongiat makes Assumpiton track team
WORCESTER, MA — The Assumption College Department of Athletics has announced that Andrew Mongiat, of Waterboro, has earned a coveted spot on the 2016-17 Assumption College Men’s Track and Field team. Mongiat, Class of 2019, will compete during the Greyhounds’ spring season, which picks up on March 25 at the Bridgewater State University Invitational. “I’m […]