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📰BIDDEFORD | UNE Responds to City’s Litigation December, 4, 2025, The following message was recieved from the University of New England regarding the City of Biddeford’s litigation pertaining to the UNE Pier. "The University of New England is aware of the City's litigation against the Saco River Corridor Commission. UNE respectfully disagrees with the City's position. As the Saco River Corridor Commission confirmed after seeking counsel from their lawyer at the Maine Attorne

📰BIDDEFORD | City of Biddeford Files Court Challenge for UNE Pier Approval BIDDEFORD, Maine (December 4, 2025) — The City of Biddeford has filed a Complaint for Review of Final Agency Action in Maine Superior Court seeking a judicial determination that the Saco River Corridor Commission's (SRCC) 2024 approval of a new pier at the University of New England (UNE) is unlawful and invalid. The filing asserts that the SRCC did not apply a binding 2001 permit condition requiring a

November 25, 2025, This morning, city hall personnel confirmed that Brian Phinney, Biddeford's Chief Operating Officer (COO), has formally announced his intended retirement from public service effective January 15, 2026. "Brian has been a huge help to me since I joined the City a few months ago, said City Manager Truc Dever." Dever went on to say, "I appreciate all that he has done for the City of Biddeford and for this community. I wish him all the best in retirement." In a

“I think it has been really successful. We are at the half way point of the time set aside and the students have already completed 2/3's of the entire workload”, said Delilah Poupore, Executive Director for Heart of Biddeford.  November 16, 2025, If you were downtown today, you may have noticed some younger looking individuals carrying around ladders, totes, lights, and some even climbing trees. Great news, this was not a rebellion!  UNE students hang lights from tress in dow

Have you ever had someone come up to you and question you about something, and rather than answer the question, you think, “who are you to even be asking me this?”...  Well, in the most anecdotal fashion, that’s exactly what happened at tonight’s UNE Pier appeal hearing; according to the Zoning Board of Appeals and city procedure, the individuals who filed the appeal, can not legally be recognized (qualified) as appellants, therefore, the appeal was denied. November 13, 2025,

"Instead of respecting the hard work of these residents and doing THE ONLY TASK REQUIRED OF HIM (UNDIVIDED ATTENTION TO THE SPEAKERS), City Solicitor Harry Center, instead chose to be on his cell phone and laptop. In fact, on two separate occasions, Mr. Center did not look up from his phone for over 2 mins. At one point, Harry even took his laptop off his desk, sat back in his chair, and proceeded to casually use it." We want to preface this by saying that this is not the nor

📰BIDDEFORD | UNE PIER CITIZEN MEETING SCHEDULED -Date set for "Citizens Grievance" meeting- October 7, 2025, According to Biddeford...

📰BIDDEFORD | UNE PIER | Grohman kicks hornet’s nest, voters organize special city meeting Carole Alexander (right) drops off more than...

(Biddeford, Maine) The General Counsel at the University of New England wrote a scathing email to the City of Biddeford yesterday,...

2025 UNE Cheerleading Team Last night, the University of New England Cheerleading Team  were recognized at the City of Biddeford  City...

Following Investigation into Threats Against the University of New England : (Via Maine State Fire Marshal ) Blake Tibbetts On Monday...

At tonight's Council Meeting Mayor Marty  Grohman's attempt to remove Current Planning Board member Roch Angers  was an immediate...

AT approximately 4:25PM Marty Grohman's Community Corner  released the following statement regarding his request of removal of Planning...

Planning Board Member Roch Angers We had the pleasure of briefly chatting with Planning Board Member Roch Angers last night at the...

At today's Planning Board Meeting the Biddeford Planning Board voted 3-2 - GRANTING APPROVAL for University of New England  research...