240 Strings will present a free community concert on March 10 at 7 p.m. at First Parish Church in Portland. The Portland Piano Trio will play music by Johannes Brahms and jazz-based composer David Baker, and some 240 Strings students will also perform. The Portland Piano Trio, recognized as “among the city’s must-hear groups” by […]
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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Travis Mills Foundation to host Vietnam era veterans breakfast
AUGUSTA — The Travis Mills Foundation will ‘Welcome Home’ Vietnam era veterans with its annual Vietnam Era Veterans Breakfast, 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 29 at the Augusta Civic Center. The event is free, but veterans must sign up for tickets at: http://give.classy.org/vietnamveteranbreakfast; each veteran can bring one guest for free. Vietnam-era veterans hold a special […]
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In the Know: Annual Passport Day takes place in Scarborough March 4
The Scarborough Community Services office has assisted the U.S. Department of State with the acceptance of U.S. passport applications for the past 10 years, and each year the need continues to grow. Passports applications are accepted at the Community Services Hub, located at 418 Payne Road in Scarborough, by appointment only on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and […]
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Obituary: Elisabeth K. Ward
OCEAN PARK – Elisabeth K. Ward, 73, resident of the Pines in Ocean Park and formerly of Old Orchard Beach, passed away at the Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough on Jan. 8, 2023. She was born Sept. 4, 1949, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Marion Ward and Max Kronstein. A resident of New […]
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Councilor Corner: New school needed soon
In 2009, my daughter graduated from Scarborough High having come up through Eight Corners, Wentworth, the middle school, and the high school. Throughout her tenure there were portables throughout the system and a failing Wentworth building. Wentworth was finally replaced when it became dangerous to teach children in that building. Yet here we are 14 […]
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Obituary: Raymond F. Gagnon
Raymond F. Gagnon, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on Fe. 15, 2023, at the age of 92. Born on June 5, 1930, he was the son of Wilfrid Gagnon and Louisia DuBois Gagnon. He was a proud graduate of St. Louis High School in Biddeford. Raymond served his country as a […]
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UNE President James Herbert testifies before Congressional committee on methods to combat health workforce shortage
BIDDEFORD — University of New England President James D. Herbert, Ph.D., testified for the second time before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security in Washington, D.C., about the health care workforce shortage and methods to improve it. Herbert, who was introduced by U.S. […]
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From Augusta: Addressing Maine’s housing crisis
Earlier this month, people in our community and throughout Maine hunkered down for a weekend of record-breaking cold. Like many folks, my wife and I covered drafty windows, opened our sink cabinet doors and cranked up the heat, all while praying that we would not lose power. The cold was bone-chilling, while the weather app […]
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Loranger Middle School students debate Maine state butterfly choices
AUGUSTA — Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, and state officials from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife joined Loranger Middle School students on Feb. 17 to discuss Gramlich’s bill to name a state butterfly. Fifth-grade students made their cases on which butterfly deserves the title to Gramlich and IFW Commissioner Judy […]
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Ruralist Lament: Still haven’t found what I’m looking for
The Press Herald’s Business section headlined (2/16/23): “Study shows ‘striking’ number who believe news misinforms.” Clutching my pearls, I read — “Half of Americans in a recent survey indicated they believe national news organizations intend to mislead, misinform, or persuade the public to adopt a particular point of view through their reporting.” The task of […]