SANFORD — It was a warm summer night like any other, but  just before 7 p.m. rolled around on June 23, a symbol of Sanford’s textile history went up in flames. One of Sanford’s long-vacant textile factories, in the heart of the mill district and surrounded by residential neighborhoods,  was on fire. Ashes and debris […]

SOUTH WATERBORO — Fire raced through  Brookfield Place plaza  at 1009 Main Street on Sunday, July 16, engulfing the building and its contents and destroying three businesses. Smoke could be seen from miles away. Traffic was re-routed around that portion of Main Street, which is state Route 202. The fire consumed three businesses: Plummer’s Hardware, […]

BIDDEFORD — Continued economic development tops the list of significant events in the city of Biddeford for 2017, both in the downtown/mill district and the Route 111 commercial district. To help coordinate the city’s economic growth, in November the City Council  approved hiring a new economic development director, Mathew Eddy, who started his position Nov. […]

ARUNDEL — An intense search for a missing Arundel woman came to an abrupt end in March when human remains were found in a wooded area near a Campground Road home in Arundel. Maine Warden Service Lt. Kevin Adam said the remains were believed to be those of Sue Kim Coito, 65, who suffered from […]

BIDDEFORD — For almost 90 years, Waterhouse Field has been a fixture in the sports landscape in Biddeford, but its future was threatened in March because of safety issues stemming from the field’s dilapidated wooden bleachers.  Long term exposure to ice and snow led to ongoing repairs through the years before a study released in February […]