BIDDEFORD — Starting Monday, Jan. 9, the Journal Tribune will no longer print a Monday edition, but will instead offer an enhanced Monday digital edition on its website, www.journaltribune.com. Publisher Devin Hamilton said that the move is not a reflection of the newspaper’s business performance, but is intended to focus the publication on attracting a […]
2017
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Barbara M. Deering
SACO — Barbara M. Deering (née McQuarrie), age 74, died peacefully on Dec. 29, 2016, after a brief hospitalization in Portland. Barbara is survived by: her sister-in-law, Joy Tounge; her first cousins, Jane Mininni, Bettes Aldredge, Dick Hartjen, and Eric Van Ness; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and great-grand nieces and nephews. Barbara is preceded […]
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Lessons from Spider-Woman
BIDDEFORD — Biddeford’s own local superheroine has a new mission: teaching the ins-and-outs of television. Biddeford resident and local television host Toni Sipka will be offering a free studio production program in February in collaboration with Public Access for any and all interested in television and studio work. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, Sipka […]
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Sanford-Springvale tenacity celebrated
SANFORD — As 1953 approached, there was worry in some quarters — worry that things were about to change and that the Goodall textile empire that employed so many for so long was, like other northern textile mills, in trouble. Labor and operating costs were cheaper in the southern states, and while they eventually agreed, […]
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West Newfield home featured on HGTV tonight
SANFORD — When Joyce Veroneau, an associate real estate broker at Remax/Realty One answered the telephone a while ago, she noticed the call was coming from Los Angeles. She started to listen, figuring it might be an unwanted solicitation call. But it was someone from the HGTV channel, talking about her real estate listing in […]
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Frances E. Nadeau
WHITMAN, Mass. — Frances E. (McGowan) Nadeau, 90, of Whitman, Massachusetts, formerly of Methuen, passed away Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, at the Golden Living Center in Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was born in Boston and was the daughter of the late Terrance McGowan and Lempe Sophia (Grönblom) McGowan. Mrs. Nadeau attended Boston area schools and worked […]
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Bravo: City Theater awarded Best Ensemble
BIDDEFORD — It’s not quite a Tony, but Biddeford’s City Theater is the recipient of a BroadwayWorld Maine award for Best Ensemble. The entertainment website, which judges shows across the country and also categorizes awards by state, honored City Theater with the award for its 2016 production of “Next to Normal.” “It’s very exciting because, […]
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Claudette R. Thibodeau
SANFORD — Claudette R. Thibodeau, 78, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at Greenwood Center in Sanford surrounded by her family. She was born on May 11, 1938, to Robert and Anna (Cote) Tardif in Biddeford. She attended Biddeford schools and graduated from St. Andre High School, Class of 1957. She started work at Beneficial Finance […]
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OOB Police promotes two sergeants to captain
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Two police sergeants have been promoted to capatain positions under a reorganization of the department’s administrative structure after the departure of the deputy police chief. Former Deputy Police Chief Tim DeLuca recently left his position to become the police chief in Houlton. The administrative police structure will include a chief and […]