8+ hour, 4+ min ago  (348+ words) The Biddeford City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the hiring of Cornell Knight as interim City Manager. Knight will replace Truc Devers, who in April, after just nine months on the job, submitted a letter of resignation effective Aug. 3. "My…...

10+ hour, 49+ min ago  (141+ words) If you're headed to Old Orchard Beach this summer, prepare to budget a little extra for parking. The Old Orchard Beach Town Council on Tuesday voted to increase fees for metered parking from $4 to $5 an hour. How does Old Orchard…...

23+ hour, 22+ min ago  (173+ words) With some help from the undesignated fund balance, the Old Orchard Beach Town Council approved a fiscal year 2027 budget that will keep the mil rate under $12. On Tuesday, the Town Council approved a nearly $28. 6 million municipal operating budget, covering expenses…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (135+ words) Thornton Academy and the Saco School Department have agreed on a contract. The Saco School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a five-year contract with TA, which had previously been approved by the Thornton Academy Board of Trustees. Thornton Academy, a…...

3+ day, 10+ min ago  (1012+ words) The sign over New Morning Natural Foods in downtown Biddeford is about to change. Sheila Ouellette has been running the Main Street staple since she and her late husband, Paul, opened the store 50 years ago. The store will change hands…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (532+ words) While many long-time regulars mourned the closing of Mulligans at 23 Lincoln St. , Biddeford on June 1, a community of young people were also mourning a space that had become sacred to many of them. Rumors, the music venue in the space…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (818+ words) Canadian-born textile artist Larry Weyand is wrapping up a decade in Newfoundland to take on a new position as Art of Biddeford's first program director. "Given that I have such a connection to Biddeford, it just felt really right to…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (272+ words) Saco Bay News Biddeford Art Walk returns June 19 with new openings, local art, and community programming The Biddeford Art Walk returns on Friday, June 19, from 58 p. m. , bringing artists, makers, musicians, and local businesses together for an evening of creativity and community…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (249+ words) The Old Orchard Beach Police Department has confirmed two bear sightings in town today. Police received a report of a bear sighting in the Saco Avenue area near the fire station around 9: 15 a. m. today, June 14, according to a Facebook post by…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (359+ words) For dozens of second-grade students at Fairfield School and Young School in Saco, a commitment to reading paid off in a memorable way this spring. Thanks to a partnership between the Saco Masonic Lodge and the Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation,…...