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- Police: Person Hit By Train In Biddeford
A representative for Amtrak said the Downeaster hit a person at about 8:25 a.m. Thursday morning.
- Trottier Joins Local Financial Services Firm
AspenCross Financial Group announced today that Anthony Trottier a resident of Biddeford has joined their Portland Maine office.
- Three charged with burglarizing store
Three men were arrested Sunday in connection with a burglary at Borderline Beverage Store on Route 202.
- State legislative committees named
AUGUSTA : Maine Senate President Elizabeth Mitchell and Speaker of the House Hannah Pingree announced their appointments to the Legislature's 17 joint standing committees of jurisdiction on Dec.
- Search on for person off Maine coast
"BCB: I eagerly anticipate receiving posts from you and anne_ of once you've made the " "Who are we to put a cap on driving..many people drive well into their 90's........ many " Keeping the wheel: For elderly, ...
- New England Towns Eye Obama Stimulus Money
Congressional hearings have yet to begin on the economic stimulus plan that's championed by President-elect Barack Obama.
- Year in Review: Water fight hardly water under the bridge
When word got out this summer that the Kennebunk Kennebunkport Wells Water District was thinking of selling up to 432,000 gallons of water a day to Nestle/Poland Springs, the reaction was immediate and largely ...
- Municipal Waste Combustion Multipollutant Study Emission Test Report, ...
VOLUME III: APPENDICES G-N Contact Description: The report gives results of an emission test of a new municipal solid waste combustor, in Biddeford, ME, that burns refuse-derived fuel and is equipped with a ...
- Ocean Bank aids Plunge
Though economic times are tough, Caring Unlimited, York County's domestic violence victims support program, recognizes generous sponsors of this year's eighth annual Atlantic Plunge.
- Clandestine plate purchase
Freaks. Weirdos. Unmapped roads. Whispering rocks. Deadening fog. Ghost pirates.
- Ex-Biddeford executive faces bribery charges
BIDDEFORD : Federal attorneys in Alabama have charged a Kennebunkport defense contractor executive, who ran a Biddeford company until last year, in a $1.2 million bribery scheme involving no-bid military ...
- $60,000 In Stolen Items Found In Waterboro
Two weeks ago, a contract Deputy for the York County Sheriff's Department answered a shoplifting call at Hannaford Supermarket, but discovered something much more.
- Governor Baldacci Awards Nearly $5 Million in Riverfront Community Development Bonds
AUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci today awarded $4.9 million to 14 communities in Riverfront Community Development Bonds.
- 14 Maine communities to share funding
Fourteen Maine communities from Biddeford to Grand Isle are sharing in nearly $5 million from a bond approved by voters in November of last year.
- School districts to fight school budget cuts
Calling the state's plan to cut educational funding midway through the school year "27 million dollars of pain," community leaders met with local legislators Tuesday night to ask for their help in finding a ...
- Cocaine trafficker gets 10 years
PORTLAND : A Connecticut woman convicted for trafficking cocaine in Biddeford and Saco received a 10-year prison sentence at a Friday hearing at U.S. District Court in Portland.
- Students Learn About Their Health And Their Futures
With a third of Maine school children overweight or obese, cancer rates rising and exercise waning, kids don't seem to understand how important it is to take care of themselves.
- Kennebunkport police log
Mark Zeldis, 30, of 235 West 102nd Street, New York, N.Y., was arrested and charged with operating without a license pursuant to an observed motor vehicle violation on North Street.
- Former Dance Instructor Reaches Plea Deal
A former dance instructor at a dance camp in Winthrop reached a plea deal with prosecutors Tuesday.
Biddeford Classifieds
Local classifieds for Biddeford, ME
City DescriptionBiddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. It is the largest city in the county, and is the 6th largest in the State. It is the most southerly incorporated city in the State of Maine, and the principal commercial center of York County. The population was 20,942 at the 2000 census. Biddeford includes the resort community of Biddeford Pool. The city is home to the University of New England and the annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival.
Biddeford is a principal city of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Sokokis tribe of Abenaki Indians once hunted and fished in the area. The first European to reside here was physician Richard Vine in the winter of 1616-1617 at Winter Harbor, as he called Biddeford Pool. In 1630, the Plymouth Company granted the land south of the River Swanckadocke (as the Saco River was then known) to Dr. Vines and John Oldham. In 1653, the town included both sides of the river, and was incorporated by the Massachusetts General Court as Saco.
Roger Spencer was granted the right in 1653 to build the first sawmill. Lumber and fish became the community's chief exports. In 1659, Major William Phillips of Boston ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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