The City of Biddeford has approved a new ordinance to establish a Public Arts Commission. The Public Arts Commission ordinance was approved unanimously by the City Council on Tuesday night, with ...

An Old Orchard Beach man with a history of convictions for robbery has been sentenced to serve 20 years in state prison for robbing a Biddeford cheese shop on Dec. 17, 2023. York County District ...

Some teens are good at school, others are good at sports. Then there’s Henry Mahoney, who excels at both. Mahoney, a Thornton Academy senior from Saco, recently received the Frank J. Gaziano Memorial ...

The oldest bookstore in the state will be opening a shop in Saco this year. Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shops will be opening a bookstore next to Shaw's in the Saco Valley Shopping Center, 4 Scammon St ...

On Tuesday the City of Biddeford had a workshop on housing, an issue Mayor Marty Grohman described as “one of the defining challenges” leaders in the city and state-wide are currently facing. “We have ...

• First Honors – Myra Bailey, Jackson Bickford, Loretta Chase, Claire Cote, Emily Coughlin, Karaleena Dick, Brynnlee Dolloff, Grace Guthro, Georgiana Hansen, Tess Howard, Piper LeBlanc, Tyler Levesque ...

The owners of Fish and Whistle in Biddeford are 2025 James Beard Awards semifinalists. {more}} The James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards were established in 1990, with the first awards ...

Maine State Police are investigating a fatal turnpike accident that resulted in the death of two people. Around 6 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, Maine State Police responded to a fatal car crash on ...

This Saco Bay News story is part of a multi-newsroom collaboration spearheaded by The Maine Monitor and the Investigative Reporting Workshop examining how Maine counties are spending their ARPA funds.

Former Biddeford Mayor Alan Casavant received the A. William Kany Jr. Leadership Award. The award is presented annually to a local leader who has done a great deal to benefit and improve the ...

The Saco Bay Sunset Rotary club honored five people Tuesday night with the Paul Harris Fellow award. The Paul Harris Fellow Award, named after Rotary International’s founder Paul Harris, is one of the ...

Discovering what excites and motivates students can be a game-changer in education, boosting engagement, academic performance, and overall well-being. This month, Biddeford High School (BHS) hosted ...