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January 27, 2017 / Front Page

Friends grieving over Old Orchard Beach deaths

By LIZ GOTTHELF
Staff Writer

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The sudden deaths of Dana Furtado and Amber Morrow have shaken up the small seaside community of Old Orchard Beach. More...

Convoy for Jeffrey Abbott

A still of a video from the Maine Turnpike Association of Abbott's funeral convoy Thursday afternoon.

From Staff Reports

A funeral convoy heads south down Interstate 95 Thursday afternoon for Jeffrey Abbott, a Maine Turnpike Authority worker from Saco who was killed on the job last week.The convoy traveled from South Portland to Abbot’s funeral service in Biddefo More...

Get the skinny on skin

BIDDEFORD — Hairstylists, barbers and massage therapists may register through Monday for a free program that helps detect early signs of skin cancer.A “Skinny on Skin” presentation takes place noon-2 p.m. Feb. More...

In Sanford, you can get there from here

Folks in Sanford and Springvale will be able to go to the YMCA, the Trafton (Senior) Center or stop at York County Community Action Corporation offices come Feb. 1, when Sanford Transit adds three new stops to their regular route. COURTESY PHOTO/York County Community Action Corporation

Transit adds stops

SANFORD — Folks who use Sanford Transit — or would do so if it made regular stops where they want to go — now have three more options to explore.Starting Feb. More...

Kennebunk's Joshua LaRoche drives to the basket during a unified basketball scrimmage. ALEX SPONSELLER/ Journal Tribune

Unified basketball inspires York County athletes

Program connects mentors with developmentally disabled through sports

By ALEX SPONSELLER
Associate Sports Editor

YORK COUNTY — The unified basketball season will kick off its third season in Maine this weekend and a handful of local teams are gearing up for the new season in what has become an inspiring tale of overcoming challenges and adversity through More...

County launches new emergency alert system

By TAMMY WELLS
Senior Staff Writer

ALFRED — York County’s 29 municipalities will soon have a new way to inform residents in the event of an emergency, and county officials say it won’t cost them a dime.The new initiative, called RAVE, was rolled out to municipal emergency management a More...

Maine DOT: Lanigan bridge construction on schedule

Construction crews continue work on a $2.7 million replacement for the Mathew J. Lanigan Bridge, which connects Kennebunk's Lower VIllage to Kennebunkport's Dock Square, on Thursday. ALAN BENNETT/Journal Tribune

By ALAN BENNETT
Staff Writer

KENNEBUNKPORT — Construction continues on the Mathew J. More...

A piece of music history auctioned off in Biddeford

The neon marquee from the world famous Whisky A Go Go club is pictured. The sign, a piece of rock 'n' roll history, was auctioned off for more than $48,000 in Biddeford on Wednesday. SUBMITTED PHOTO/Courtesy of Saco River Auction Co.

Whisky a Go Go's sign go-goes for more than $48K

By ALAN BENNETT
Staff Writer

BIDDEFORD — The marquee from the famous Los Angeles nightclub Whisky a Go Go was auctioned off for more than $48,000 in Biddeford on Wednesday night.About 200 people turned out to bid for the neon pink sign, Troy Thibodeau, general manager and auctio More...

Sports

Bloom's hat-trick powers Nor'easters past Western New England

From Staff Reports

BIDDEFORD -- Rookie Ryan Bloom (FY/Northville, Mich.) continued his stellar play, scoring three times to lead the University of New England men's ice hockey team to a 6-1 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) victory over Western New England More...

SMCC Topples UMA In Divisional Showdown

SMCC Defeats Univ. of Maine- Augusta 114-75

From Staff Reports

SOUTH PORTLAND — The surging Southern Maine Community College men’s basketball team won its tenth Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) game in a 114-75 rout of the University of Maine at Augusta at the HUB on Wednesday, Jan. 25. More...

SeaWolves down Moose

SOUTH PORTLAND -- The Southern Maine Community College women’s basketball team came out on top in a come-from-behind 56-53 Yankee Small College Conference victory against the Moose of the University of Maine at Augusta on Wednesday, Jan. More...

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Community

WHS Music Boosters to conduct a “Winter Weed-Out” collection in February

Pictured are some of last year’s Winter Weed-Out team members after loading up an Epilepsy Foundation vehicle in 2016.The 2017 Winter Weed-Out textile collection drive will benefit Wells High School and the Epilepsy Foundation. SUBMITTED PHOTO/Courtesy of Ashley Breton

WELLS — For the month of February, the Music Boosters, a volunteer parent support organization at Wells High School, will hold a textile fundraising drive to raise funds for the WHS Music Department and the Epilepsy Foundation. More...

Happy 120th anniversary

On Jan. 25, 1897, Rebecca Emery Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was organized in Biddeford. It was the fifth chapter established in Maine. More...

Wells Republicans to meet Saturday

WELLS — The Wells Republican Committee will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 in the new Littlefield Room on the second floor of the Wells Town Hall, 208 Sanford Road. More...

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State/Regional

Maine banking scam nets prison term for Florida suspect

ASSOCIATED PRESS

BANGOR (AP) - A Florida resident has been sentenced to 3 ½ years in federal prison for making more than $48,000 in unauthorized purchases using debit and credit card account numbers from bank customers in Maine. The judge also sentenced 28- More...

State officials outline Medicaid restriction plan

ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials are informing the new presidential administration of steps the state would like to take to reform Medicaid. Maine Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew outlines the changes in a Wednesday More...

Court rejects wrongful birth lawsuit

ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine's highest court has ruled that a Newport woman who gave birth after a federally supported health care center in Albion failed to install a temporary birth control device cannot recover damages. More...

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