It looks like a Japanese restaurant will fill the space vacated by Dizzy Birds in Biddeford. The Biddeford City Council on Tuesday approved a liquor license for Ichibau Japanese Restaurant at 65 Main ...

A few years ago, Mat Doughty of Old Orchard Beach told Saco Bay News that he always wanted to be “that house” on the street with the Christmas display that everyone stops to visit. Doughty, with the ...

Happy Birthday to Banded Brewing! The local brewery, located at 32 Main St., Biddeford, is celebrating its 12 th anniversary this weekend. Tonight (Friday), there will be live music and the kick-off ...

Pastor Beverly Lowell of the United Baptist Church on Main Street in Saco is retiring at the end of the month. She has been part of the church for 40 years - first attending as a parishioner, and ...

The holiday spirit will come alive in downtown Saco on Saturday with the annual Holiday Festival and Parade of Lights. The fun begins at 9:30 a.m. when festival host, local non-profit Saco Main Street ...

The St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop just may be the best-kept secret in Biddeford. The charitable organization started in 1941 in the basement at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Volunteers “would go to ...

Dr. Noah Perlut, an ornithologist at the University of New England, never would have expected when he started out in academia that he would be known as a squirrelologist. In 2011, he found himself at ...

A former city councilor and a political newcomer are competing for the Biddeford Ward 6 City Council seat. The candidates, in alphabetical order: Roger Hurtubise, 80, is married with one adult son. He ...

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 ...

Renovations underway at a Biddeford building have unveiled beautiful – and intriguing – local art. Original murals and floor tiles about a century old were discovered by Seth Harkness, the owner of a ...

SACO — In June 1973, the Army Reserve facility in Saco was dedicated to LTC. Charles L. Butler. On Sunday, 49 years after the dedication and 50 years after Butler’s death, the LTC Charles L Butler ...

A former city councilor and the former Chamber of Commerce director are competing for the Biddeford Ward 1 City Council seat. The candidates, in alphabetical order: Patricia Boston, 71, is married ...