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Thursday, September 19, 2019
City Council approves Biddeford Parking Garage project
BIDDEFORD — On Tuesday night, the Biddeford City Council voted 5-3 to begin the process of building a parking garage at 3 Lincoln St., a project that has many residents concerned. The decision allows Biddeford City Manager James Bennett to begin a joint development agreement with Treadwell Franklin Infrastructure Capital Partners and the James W. Sewall Company, which will form Biddeford Innovations […]
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
Many speak against proposed Biddeford parking garage
BIDDEFORD — Outraged Biddeford residents and business owners expressed their concerns about the City Council’s proposed parking garage plan during Tuesday night’s council workshop. As the council gets closer to its Sept. 17 meeting, when members will vote on the proposed 640-space parking garage to be located at 3 Lincoln St., residents at the workshop on Tuesday at Biddeford High School’s Little Theater complained that […]
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Thursday, September 12, 2019
Parking garage will be incredible progress for Biddeford
Editor, It seems some of the Biddeford citizens who attended the Sept. 10 city council meeting missed the point that the comprehensive parking plan proposed by the city is not chiefly for tourism or local business patronage. The planned 640-space garage is fundamentally aimed at accelerating the ongoing economic development of downtown Biddeford. A garage […]
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Riverdam development in Biddeford moves another step forward
BIDDEFORD — A project to construct 71 apartments in the Biddeford mill district has moved another step forward, and could progress more this week. On Aug. 20, the Biddeford City Council approved an agreement to temporary take ownership of one of the two buildings from property owner Draft Room, LLC, to use of a federal […]
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Saturday, August 10, 2019
Biddeford parking lot reconfiguration aims to alleviate confusion
BIDDEFORD — Visitors to the Green and Yellow designated lots in downtown Biddeford had to locate another place to park on Friday because of pavement grinding and other construction work to reconfigure the area and city officials expect it will be that way through the middle of next week. Last month, Biddeford took steps to reconfigure […]
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Kennebunk High School honor roll
KENNEBUNK — Administrators at Kennebunk High School have announced top academic performers achieving distinction on the school’s honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2018-2019 school year. In order to qualify for the KHS Honor Roll, students must have a 2 or higher on the Guiding Principles. FRESHMEN High Honors Tyler Adams, Annika Barstow, […]
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Biddeford tax rate down from earlier projections
BIDDEFORD — Thanks to an increase in state revenue sharing and in local property value, Biddeford’s tax rate will be lower than earlier projections. That will be good news for many city homeowners. As a result of these two changes, “the median single-family homeowner in Biddeford can expect a lower tax rate than anticipated for Fiscal Year 2020, […]
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Friday, June 28, 2019
City residents express frustration with Biddeford paid parking plan
BIDDEFORD — Frustration was evident as residents expressed their dislike for Biddeford’s paid parking plan during a meeting held Wednesday evening at the Little Theater at Biddeford High School. Some Biddeford City Councilors, Biddeford Mayor Alan Casavant and Biddeford City Manager Jim Bennett listened for an hour and a half as city residents and business […]
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Biddeford council’s actions make way for more mill district redevelopment
BIDDEFORD — Redevelopment of the Riverdam Mill is in the offing, thanks to action taken by the Biddeford City Council earlier this month. On May 7, the council voted to enter into a Joint Development Agreement with Draft Room LLC for development of the Riverdam Mill building. It also approved creation of the Riverdam Municipal […]
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Saturday, May 18, 2019
Historian Rick Atkinson digs deep into Revolutionary War
NEW YORK (AP) — As he researched the first volume of his planned American Revolution trilogy, Rick Atkinson traveled from the battlefields of Massachusetts to London’s Windsor Castle, where he looked through the papers of King George III. “I was there for a month and every day would show my badge at Henry VIII Gate, […]
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