Tammy Wells came to the Biddeford-Saco Old Orchard Beach Courier and Kennebunk Post from the now-defunct Journal Tribune, where she was a staff writer for 22 years. She's enjoyed writing about old soldiers, quilt shows and big floods, the high school marching band, murder trials and the big bust that everyone hoped would put a dent in the drug trade for a while. She believes citizens need to know about the mil rate and why one road is getting paved and another one isn’t, what exciting new business is moving to town, what company is leaving and how much it costs to run a school. Tammy was raised in New Brunswick, Canada. She enjoys photographic excursions throughout rural Maine and New Hampshire with her husband, reading, their cats Skippy and Lola, and small Canadian islands in Passamaquoddy Bay.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2022
First ever Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comic printed at Journal Tribune
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created the series in Dover, New Hampshire. The negatives for that first comic, printed in 1984, have surfaced and the owner, a Colorado collector, came to Biddeford In September to look around.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2022
Former funeral home worker sentenced in theft of ring from deceased Saco woman
Stuart Weston will begin serving his sentence June 1.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
Red Cross blood supply at lowest levels in a decade
The organization asks people to donate.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2021
Police allege Old Orchard Beach woman ran over husband with car
The victim was taken to hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.
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PublishedJune 21, 2021
Longtime York County Jail administrator dismissed by sheriff, county commissioners
The decision relates to incidents in the spring and summer of 2020 concerning the lack of mask-wearing inside the jail prior to an Aug. 19 coronavirus outbreak that impacted inmates, staff and some of their family members.
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PublishedJune 16, 2021
Bear visits Kennebunk yard, enjoys a birdseed breakfast
Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife advises if a bear visits, watch from a distance, and create loud noise to scare it away.
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PublishedJune 11, 2021
OOB, Saco car jacking suspect arrested in Wells, attempted to flee booking room, more
Jeffrey T. Lavery was held at York County Jail in lieu of $80,000 cash bail, pending a first court appearance.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2020
Sanford man dies in Arundel crash
Michael Mackie Jr., 22, was alone in the vehicle, the York County Sheriff said.