2018
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Adrien Delage
BIDDEFORD — Adrien L.P. Delage, age 88, of Biddeford died Monday, Dec. 25, 2017 at St. Andre’s Heath Care Facility with his family by his side. He was born July 29, 1929 in Biddeford to Odilion and Ernestine (Guilbeault) Delage, and completed the 6th grade. On June 30, 1956 he married Alice Letarte at Notre […]
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Trump moves to vastly expand offshore drilling off US coasts
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration moved Thursday to vastly expand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to the Arctic oceans with a plan that would open up federal waters off California for the first time in more than three decades. The new five-year drilling plan also could open new areas of oil and gas exploration in […]
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Elizabeth Bonang Tardif
SACO — Elizabeth (Bonang) Tardif, author, and the first female lifeguard in the State of Maine to patrol the ocean shores. Born July 11, 1949 to the parents of Raymond and Eleanor (Fournier) Bonang. Elizabeth grew up in Saco graduating from Thornton Academy in 1967. After graduation Elizabeth moved to Boston, Massachusetts to pursue a career […]
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1 of 2 Superfund work touted by Trump EPA was completed years ago
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is touting cleanups at seven of the nation’s most polluted places as a signature accomplishment in the Trump administration’s effort to reduce the number of Superfund sites, even though records show the physical work was completed before President Donald Trump took office. The agency earlier this week credited the […]
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Plummer to be sentenced in March
ALFRED — The sentencing for the former Old Orchard Beach fire chief who pleaded guilty to an arson charge has been rescheduled to March. The sentencing for Ricky Plummer, 61, of Biddeford, is scheduled to be sentenced at 1 p.m. on March 14 at York County Superior Court. He was previously scheduled to be sentenced […]
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Maine to add 50 public health nruses
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is hiring 50 public health nurses to help address disease outbreaks and the opioid crisis. A new law sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Brownie Carson is responsible for the hiring increase. Under the measure, Maine is required to have at least 50 public health nurses on staff. Republican Gov. Paul LePage […]
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LePage spending welfare funding on after-school programs
BANGOR (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage has spent more than $1.7 million in federal welfare dollars on after-school programs instead of cash assistance at a time when fewer poor Maine families are receiving such benefits. More than a dozen nonprofit organizations received funding this year from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grant, the […]
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Storm over, cold temperatures return
ALFRED — The good news is that Thursday’s snowstorm that dumped 14 inches of snow in some York County locations is over. There were a handful of power outages in the county on Thursday, but most were quickly remedied. Still, temperatures, which had risen from the bone-chilling cold of the last couple of weeks to the […]
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Search intensifies for missing Maine clammer
ST. GEORGE (AP) — Maine authorities are searching for a clammer who disappeared off the coast of St. George during the blizzard. The man was reported missing around 11 p.m. Thursday. The U.S. Coast Guard says the family of 35-year-old Paul Brenner said he had departed from the Long Cove Boat Ramp at 5 p.m. […]