The North Saco Congregational Church, 126 Rocky Hill Road at the corner of Flag Pond, Heath, and Rocky Hill Roads in Saco will offer a Bean Supper from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24. On the menu are two kinds of beans, hot dogs, cole slaw, potato salad, homemade brown bread, coffee, lemonade and pie. The […]
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River Jam Festival a celebration of community on Saco River
BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford and Saco River Jam Festival returns on Sept. 20 and Sept. 21, for an incredible celebration of community on the Saco River, with exciting new additions this year. Heart of Biddeford, the downtown revitalization organization has partnered with Biddeford’s arts organization, Engine, to present this bookend to summer. On Friday, Sept. […]
Biddeford veterans receive Vietnam Veterans of America Membership Award
BIDDEFORD — The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1044 located in Biddeford were surprised to receive the Vietnam Veterans of America National Membership Award at their monthly meeting held on Aug. 4. This award is presented at the Vietnam Veterans of America National Convention each year to the chapter with the most new members in the […]
Village Idiot: I’m driving me crazy
I can’t wait to get a self-driving car. I know most people hate the idea; they want to drive themselves. But I have never been a very good driver. I’ve never been in an accident, but it’s finally dawning on me how many of my friends volunteer to drive for me after they spend a […]
Parsonsfield motorist dies in Porter crash
PORTER — Maine State Police say a Parsonsfield man died Wednesday morning when his 2005 Ford Explorer slammed into a tree on Kennard Hill Road. Dillon St. Pierre, 28, died at the scene, said Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland in a news release issued on Wednesday afternoon. The crash was reported about 7:30 a.m. […]
Apartment conversion planned at former Sanford children’s center
SANFORD – York County Community Action Corporation plans to convert a former children’s day care center into eight apartments in Sanford. The Sanford Planning Board is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the proposal tonight when it meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 919 Main St. If approved, the conversion of the former […]
State police search for Litchfield man in connection with reported kidnapping
Maine State Police were looking for a Litchfield man late Tuesday night in connection with the reported kidnapping of his girlfriend. Joshua Tilley fled his mother’s house at 746 Dead River Road in Litchfield on Tuesday night. Tilley is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. He has brown hair and eyes. Tilley […]
Harold Pease: ‘Red Flag’ laws violate the Bill of Rights
Most now understand that “red flag” laws violate the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights and many Republicans, including the President, now seem willing to join Democrats, after the recent shootings in El Paso and Denton by crazed left-and right wing extremists, to put dents in the Second Amendment hoping these laws “might” somehow […]
Shelter marks 40th anniversary with ‘Year of Care’
ALFRED – York County Shelter Programs has launched “A Year of Care,” a fundraiser for YCSP’s adult and family emergency shelters. The goal is to raise $23,360, which is a year’s worth of care for an individual at each shelter. It costs $44 a day to care for a resident at the adult shelter in […]
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