Despite a light turnout, an overwhelming majority of voters who showed up approved a bond for the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology at the Jan. 21 municipal election. The sole item on the ballot, the $491,500 bond referendum, received 289 yes votes to 50 no votes. According to the referendum question, the funds will be […]
Dina Mendros
Dina is Executive Editor for the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, the Kennebunk Post, the Scarborough Leader and the South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Sentry. She is a born and bred Mainer living in Saco.
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Scarborough Garden Club thanks Hillcrest Community Center with a sign
The Scarborough Garden Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To thank Hillcrest for providing a meeting space for the club a sign was donated and installed on the outside of the Community Center building. Beverly Thombs of the garden club organized the process with Hillcrest’s Lisa Desfosses and Tina Smith’s approval. The sign […]
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Scarborough Land Trust protects 32 acres along Beaver Brook
In another win for conservation, clean water, wildlife and residents of Scarborough, Scarborough Land Trust recently purchased and will protect 32 acres along Beaver Brook to be named Beaver Brook Preserve. The property, formerly part of 80 Beech Ridge Road, consists of mature forests, intermittent streams, wetlands and 1500 ft. along Beaver Brook. The brook […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
BHS students win multiple Silver and Gold Key Art Awards
Two Biddeford High School students are being recognized for their award-winning artwork in the prestigious Scholastic Art and Writing Awards at the Maine College of Art & Design (MECA) in Portland next month. BHS Junior Savannah Matthews earned a Silver Key Award for their mixed media painting titled “Motionless Solitude in the Golden Canopy,” and […]
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Letter: Scarborough Town Hall should open five days
So first, let me say that I am all for a four-day work week. I wish I had been able to take advantage of this during my career. That said, most entities that have gone to a four-day work weeks stagger the workforce hours so that they are open during business hours five days a […]
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Celebrity book signing at Biddeford library to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
This is a story where community crosses all kinds of lines and partnerships are formed to benefit the greater good; a story that could only take place in New England, which often feels like a small town itself. Biddeford resident Jessica Johnson has been continuing her mother Dorothy’s legacy and honoring her wishes since 2002. […]
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Business students develop marketing plans for Biddeford-based buoyancy manufacturer
The University of New England, with a campus in Biddeford, has for the second year partnered with DeepWater Buoyancy — a Biddeford-based manufacturer of subsea buoyancy products used in offshore energy, oceanographic research, and other industries — to provide students in its burgeoning College of Business with hands-on, global marketing experiences, according to a university […]
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Center of Technology awarded $2,500 for STEM programs
The Biddeford Regional Center of Technology (BRCOT) was presented with a $2,500 STEM Talent Pipeline Grant from We Work for Health on Jan. 17. This grant is designated for use with STEM programs: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, according to a Biddeford School Department press release. During the grant presentation, four students from BRCOT spoke […]
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County Report – Commissioners discuss deputy program, recovery center in early budget talks
Transition to a new recovery center, potential changes in the sheriff’s office contract deputy program and other matters, like upcoming contract negotiations, were discussed by York County Commissioners Jan. 15 as part of early fiscal year budget talks. It may be winter still – and just under six months before York County government’s new fiscal […]
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Two charged after police chase in Casco
Two were charged Jan. 17 in Casco after involvement in a police chase, according to a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office statement. Sheriff deputies were conducting traffic enforcement operations on Roosevelt Trail near the intersection of Club Sebago Way in Casco on Jan. 17, when at about 7:38 p.m. they observed a blue Mazda 3 operating […]