The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre unfurls its second offering of the season with the dark, musical, genre-defying “Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play” by Anne Washburn with music by Michael Friedman. In the play, civilization has collapsed. A small group of survivors, gathered around a campfire and desperate for connection, piece together the […]
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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Portland recycling facility urges confidence in plastics recycling
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Scarborough events
Nov. 7, Monday Public Vision Zero Workshop: Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) is conducting a series of workshops to launch their Vision Zero strategy, working to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries in the region. Scarborough residents are invited to join GPCOG for a public workshop on November 7 from 5:30-7 p.m. at Biddeford […]
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Guest Opinion: Domestic abuse survivors group appreciates welcoming by Scarborough library
Survivors with Finding Our Voices have broken the silence of domestic abuse for three years, all across the state, in community centers, museums, libraries, hospitals, the Holocaust and Human Rights Center, and universities. No entity has been more welcoming to us, and more committed to serving their community, than the Scarborough Public Library. Lucy Jackson […]
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Presentation on forests and climate change takes place Nov. 10
Saco Valley Land Trust and Scarborough Land Trust have teamed up to offer a presentation and Q&A by Tom Doak of Maine Woodland Owners, focused on the impacts of climate change to Maine’s forests, and what people can do to protect and improve forested lands for the future. The presentation and Q&A will be held […]
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Noah Lyford, playing Seymour) and Anish Pradeep, playing Mr. Mushnik, in a scene from Oak Hill Players production of “Little Shop Of Horrors.” Theshow is running at Winslow Homer Center for the Arts from Nov. 4 to 13. Suggested age for audience members is ages 10 and older. For details and tickets go to scarboroughredstorm.org/ohptickets
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Apply for Senior Property Tax Stabilization Program
The deadline to apply for the new Senior Property Tax Stabilization Program is quickly approaching. Completed applications must be submitted to the Scarborough Assessing Office by Dec. 1, 2022. Since the program was enacted on Aug. 8, 2022, the Town of Scarborough Assessing Office has received and processed approximately 1,550 applications. Based on the excellent […]
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Local students make spring semester 2022 dean’s list
Local students making the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Maine Farmington include: Will Harriman, Honors; Anna Lavigne, Honors, all of Biddeford; Hattie Dunton, Honors; Theo Estevao, Honors, all of Old Orchard Beach; and from Saco: Dylan Griffin, Honors; Emily Ireland, High Honors; Abby Pomerleau, High Honors; Katie Sewell, High Honors; Bridget Stephenson, […]
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Saco & Biddeford Savings announces new leadership in Old Orchard Beach branch
Mikey Rague promoted to branch manager and Tyler Lebel promoted to assistant branch manager.
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Hike in your backyard at Horton Woods in Saco
SACO — Often unnoticed by busy travelers on Saco’s North Street/Route 112 corridor, Horton Woods offers an alluring sanctuary for all who pause to discover it. Within the boundaries of this wildlife preserve — obtained in 2007 by the City of Saco under the Lands for Saco’s Future program — is a network of some three […]