Put library expansion on ballot To the editor, The Scarborough Town Council SHOULD put the “Scarborough Library Expansion Bond” on the November ballot and let the people decide. I have been a citizen in Scarborough for 40+ years, have used the library numerous times and know the staff there fairly well. I have done 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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Summerfest is Friday, Aug. 19
Come celebrate the conclusion of a great summer with family, friends, and neighbors at Scarborough’s 26th Annual Summerfest event. Set for Friday, August 19, festivities will begin at 5 p.m. on the Clifford Mitchell Sports Complex by the high school. Scarborough Community Services has been working hard all year long to add great new offerings […]
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From Augusta: Save it for a rainy day
In day-to-day life, the phrase “save it for a rainy day,” can mean many things: Maybe it’s what you do with that big tip that you got waiting tables in Old Orchard Beach. Maybe your teenager is saving up as they collect wages working at the car wash or serving ice cream cones all summer. […]
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Ribbon cutting Thursday for new Biddeford business
BIDDEFORD — Chaya Studio Jewelry recently opened in Biddeford and on Thursday, Aug. 11, there will be a soldering demonstration at the studio, and the Biddeford & Saco Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting at The Hidden Gem in honor of the new business. On Thursday, there will be informal networking and refreshments […]
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Letters to the editor, Aug. 11
Additional funds should have been secured for asylum seeker children to attend Saco schools To the editor, Did everybody see the Saco School Department’s notice about the children of asylum seekers Augusta is relocating to Saco? Mayor William Doyle reposted that memo on his Facebook page. It looks like Saco will most likely have to […]
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Wave goodbye to summer, say hello to fall
Things heated up in July, at least with regard to the temperature, and then, just like that, the last week heading into the last month of our too-short summer things cooled off a bit, and July reminded us that fall is barreling toward us. Not to worry too much though, there is still some summer […]
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Library Links: The granite kiss
Mr. Morin lived next door to me when I was growing up. On weekends he would go out to abandoned farmhouses and follow the stone walls to a corner of the property where two walls intersected marking boundaries. There he would dig, scraping through layers of refuse left behind by long ago occupants of the […]
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Old loom will be a centerpiece of Biddeford Mills Museum
The miniature loom is undergoing repairs in Lowell, Mass.
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Obituary: Francis M. Gregoire
BIDDEFORD — Francis M. Gregoire, 72, of Biddeford, Maine passed peacefully on August 4th at the Gosnell House after a brief illness. He was born April 25, 1950, to Wilfred and Beatrice (Paul) Gregoire. He was educated in Biddeford Schools and graduated from Biddeford High School Class of 1970. He retired in 2017 from the […]
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Obituary – Randy Thomas Bickford
April 5, 1982 – July 30, 2022