ROME — The United Nations received pledges Thursday of nearly $100 million in new funding for the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians after the U.S. slashed its aid, but it is still facing a nearly $350 million shortfall this year. U.N. officials said the countries providing the new financing included Qatar, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, New […]

BIDDEFORD — Tuesday’s nor’easter and the subsequent cancellation of school on Wednesday only served to make students more determined to pay tribute to the victims of the Parkland school shooting and to protest escalating gun violence in schools nationwide during a walkout event Thursday morning. At precisely 10 a.m., more than 500 Biddeford High School […]

BIDDEFORD — What started as a standard school assembly Thursday morning at Biddeford Intermediate School turned into something extraordinary, when faculty members burst into dance during a surprise flash mob. Students at the school, which serves fourth and fifth grades, gathered in the gymnasium for an assembly on preparation for the Maine Educational Assessment, or […]

BIDDEFORD — First Lady Ann LePage was honored locally Thursday for her service to veterans. LePage was presented with the 2018 Americanism Award from AMVETS Post 1 in Biddeford at the Maine Sheriffs’ Association conference at the Pepperell Mill complex by AMVETS Post 1 Commander Marshall Archer. The Americanism Award recognizes outstanding service that promotes […]

SANFORD — On Thursday at about 5:54 p.m., a motor vehicle struck a bicyclist in the area of 863 Main St. in Sanford, according to Sanford Police. The bicyclist, James Comppen, 57, of Sanford, was injured and taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland. Both the bicycle and the vehicle were traveling north on Main […]