BIDDEFORD — One of the high points of 2018 for Biddeford is that growth in the downtown and mill district has brought new value to the city and with it, more stability to the property tax. While that is good news for most of the city’s taxpayers, the projection of future growth in those areas […]

The Westbrook Fire Department responded Sunday night to a fire inside a building with a dentist’s office and residence in downtown Westbrook. Dispatcher William Nelson said units were working to put out the fire at Nano Dentistry, 13 Pleasant St., between Main Street and William Clarke Drive. The fire was first reported between 8 and […]

The Maine Port Authority plans to invest $16 million to resurrect plans for a cold-storage warehouse for the Port of Portland. A funding proposal comes about six months after international cold storage company Americold dropped plans to build a warehouse near the International Marine Terminal. Authority board members recently agreed to allocate $8 million from Maine’s transportation […]

SACO — After a decade of greeting motorists as they crossed over the Saco River to downtown Saco, the York Hill wind turbine was torn down in late November. The 100-foot-tall white structure had become a part of the city’s landscape. The city installed the wind turbine, manufactured by the Colorado-based company Entegrity Wind Systems, […]

  In the summer of 2018, stranded seals began popping up on the beach in Old Orchard Beach, Saco and other communities along the coast of Maine. According to information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 707 stranded seals were reported in Maine from July to Sept. 17. In August alone, there were 285 […]

ACTON – Investigators with the  State Fire Marshal’s Office say they believe the man who died in an overnight fire in Acton is Edward Roberts, 28, who lived in a second-floor apartment over a garage on Hopper Road. Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said fire swept through Roberts’ apartment late Saturday night. His body […]