SACO — Philip Clifford Sherman Jr., 73, of Saco, passed away Dec. 8, 2022. He was born May 20, 1949, in Biddeford to Philip and Marion (Webster) Sherman Sr. Philip earned a bachelor’s degree in business and worked for Nichols Portland, LLC as a Machinist. He was kind, polite, and loved spending time with his family. […]
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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Maine youth environmental leaders scholarship nominations open
Chewonki Foundation is offering two $15,000 “Maine Youth Environmental Leaders Scholarships” this year to support students from Maine who would like to join Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki in 2023-24 for the fall or spring of their junior year in high school. Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki is a semester-long academically rigorous residential program based […]
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Good Shepherd Parish in Saco Helping Bethlehem Hospital During Advent
SACO — For a parish service project this Advent, staff at Good Shepherd Parish — including Most Holy Trinity Church, Saco; St. Joseph Church, Biddeford; St. Margaret Church, Old Orchard Beach; and St. Philip Church, Lyman — expanded its thinking to serving the universal church, specifically, a group of people in need over 5,000 miles […]
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Opus One Big Band to perform at Thornton Academy in Saco
SACO — The Opus One Big Band will perform a concert to benefit the Thornton Academy music program on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 4 p.m. The evening will also feature performances by the Thornton Academy’s music students alongside the Opus One players, under the direction of Matthew Lagarde. Admission is $8 online or $10 at […]
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Thornton Academy student nominated to West Point
Maclain Lowe of Saco is one of 19 nominated to US military academies by US Rep. Chellie Pingree.
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Obituary: Rita T. Rouillard
SACO — Rita T. Rouillard, 102, of Saco, died Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. She was born in Biddeford on April 21, 1920, a daughter of Alexandre and Marie-Laure (Hemond) Borduas. She was educated from Biddeford schools. Rita was a loving wife, mother and homemaker. She also worked for […]
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Rotarians carry on the Earl A. Goodwin legacy of giving
Memorial fund raises thousands to carry on Goodwin’s work.
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St. James students in Biddeford hold donation drive for local asylum seekers
Winter boots are needed.
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Christmas dance performance by Saco group takes place at Scarborough High School
Collective Motion Arts Center of Saco is excited to present their annual holiday production of “Bah Humbug!” Performers will dance and act their way through the retelling of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The performance includes all styles of dance and a little magic with the help of our puppets Holidays Past, Present, and […]
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Councilor Corner: A unified, strategic school facility solution needed to meet community’s needs
Our current primary schools have outlived their useful lives. Not only are we beyond capacity for the students we currently serve at our three primary schools and middle school, we won’t be prepared to support the COVID baby boom coming in a few years. Across our school facilities, we have 30 portables serving the needs […]