BIDDEFORD (AP) — A nonprofit bicycle repair and activity center in Biddeford is preparing to move into a new facility officials hope will get more kids involved and allow for expanded programs. Andy Greif, executive director of the Community Bicycle Center, said the organization is close to completing the purchase of a 4,200-square-foot facility on […]
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Market Basket pleased with Biddeford store, considering more Maine locations
BIDDEFORD (AP) — An official with a Massachusetts-based supermarket chain says its first store in Maine has been so well received that it would consider opening more stores in the state. David McLean, operations manager at Demoulas Supermarkets Inc. in Tewksbury, Mass., which owns the Market Basket chain, say the company is always looking at […]
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State Cheering Championships: Devils dethroned; Tigers take title
They’re all qualities that built Lewiston High School into a competition cheering dynasty. They also, admittedly, might have played a role in the Blue Devils’ temporary downfall Saturday morning. Other Class A rivals were flawless. Lewiston, likely starting with the highest baseline score in the state final because of its jaw-droppingly challenging routine, was not. […]
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Baseball memorabilia from 1862 at auction in Biddeford
PORTLAND (AP) — An auction house that sold a 148-year-old baseball card is now selling even older baseball memorabilia that features a Union team decimated by a Civil War battle. Saco River Auction Co. in Biddeford has a scorecard, four tickets and three concession passes from an 1862 game featuring the Washington Nationals and 71st […]
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Girls’ hockey: Landry, Leavitt-Little blank Biddeford
AUBURN — Once the Taylor Landry Show is on, if you’re a Leavitt/Edward Little girls’ hockey opponent, it’s the equivalent of a guilty-pleasure reality program or a chain-reaction crash that just happened on the highway. You want to shut it off, or look away, but you can’t. Biddeford experienced Wednesday what Landry’s rivals on the […]
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Reports: Biddeford Kohl’s is sinking into the ground, must be demolished
BIDDEFORD — A nearly 11-year-old Kohl’s department store in Biddeford will have to close down and be demolished after the city became aware that the building is slowly sinking into the ground, multiple Portland television stations reported Thursday. Portland NBC affiliate WCSH 6 reported that the Gateway Plaza store, which was constructed in 2003, will […]
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Defense wants charges dismissed in Biddeford case
BIDDEFORD (AP) — Attorneys for two Biddeford men charged with stabbing and using a brick to beat another man allege prosecutors deliberately withheld evidence and are asking that charges against their clients be dismissed. Just days before 23-year-old Tamer Tilahun and 22-year-old Jonathan Dowd were scheduled to stand trial in November on attempted murder and […]
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Man suspected of Biddeford armed robberies found dead in apartment
BIDDEFORD — A man believed responsible for several recent robberies in Biddeford was found dead in his apartment early Friday morning, according to police. Tyler Trottier, 27, suspected of committing seven robberies over the last week, was found by police with a gunshot wound to his head, according to Biddeford police Chief Roger Beaupre. Beaupre […]
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Robbery suspect found dead
BIDDEFORD (AP) — Police said the suspect in 10 armed robberies in the Biddeford area has been found dead in his apartment. Deputy Police Chief JoAnne Fisk said it appears the man took his own life. He was found at about 1 a.m. Friday. Police recovered weapons they think were used in some of the […]
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Nun, 89, severely injured in Biddeford hit-and-run
BIDDEFORD (AP) — Biddeford police are still looking for the driver of a vehicle who left the scene after striking and severely injuring an 89-year-old nun. Sister Viola Lausier suffered a lacerated liver and collapsed lung when she was struck crossing the street near the convent Monday morning. Another sister told the Portland Press Herald […]