York County officials anticipate a spring or summer debut of a new service that will allow residents to view historical county records that are hundreds of years old thanks to AI technology
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IN-DEPTH | Homelessness, Biddeford is not alone
A new report sheds light on Maine’s current unhoused population crisis while also laying out strategies for municipalities to consider
York County jail gets perfect score
By TAMMY WELLS | York County Media Specialist ALFRED, Maine – York County Jail has earned a 100 percent score on their recent biennial state inspection. That means the 294-bed facility aced all 145 mandatory standards, and all 95 essential standards for 2024 and 2025. The 100 percent rating is […]
Counties urge lawmakers to use state funding — not county funds — to subsidize shelters
By TAMMY WELLS, York County government media York County Commissioners understand the need to support the unhoused through shelter subsidies and are urging legislators to seek ways to support them within the state’s coffers, not the counties’ far slimmer purse. In testimony to the Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee […]
King being challenged by independent in sheriff’s race
By RANDY SEAVER, Editor Brian Pellerin — deputy chief of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office — recently announced that he is running for York County Sheriff in the November 2026 election. “I am running as a principled independent candidate, committed to professional, nonpartisan leadership in public safety,” Pellerin wrote in […]
