Supreme Court acted correctly in Roe v Wade To the editor, I don’t understand the theatrical outrage here in Maine over the U.S. Supreme Court’s rescinding of Roe v. Wade. Abortions in Maine are already protected and even state-funded according to our laws. Maine Democrats should focus on our housing crisis, high energy costs, and […]
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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The Center for Grieving Children Kicks off its 35th year anniversary at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre on July 19
The event will feature live music from the Don Campbell Band, a curated silent auction from local businesses and hors d’oeuvres from Blue Elephant of Saco.
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Biddeford to hold blood drive on July 12
BIDDEFORD — The City of Biddeford will host a community blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross of Northern New England on Tuesday, July 12. The city’s inspiration for hosting the upcoming Blood Drive is Kenny, a four-year-old Biddeford resident who is fighting Childhood Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor, also known as ATRT. Atypical […]
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Community meal in brings friends and neighbors around the table beginning July 18
Southern Maine Agency on Aging will host a community lunch every 3rd Monday of the month.
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Applications are open for NVME online entrepreneurship training
New Ventures Maine (NVME) has an open call for Venturing Forth: Business Planning for Entrepreneurs, a tuition-free, comprehensive, online course starting Aug. 23. For new entrepreneurs or existing business owners, Venturing Forth helps participants create a written business plan from start to finish with feedback from facilitators and fellow entrepreneurs. The 14-week course covers topics […]
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Cutts Avenue to Elm Street in Saco will be one-lane for about 14 months
As of July 13 (or as soon as the street is posted), the City of Saco will convert Cutts Avenue into a one-way street going from Main Street to Elm Street for over one year. This change is to maintain road safety during a construction project at 28 Cutts Ave. During the project, a large […]
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New hours for BSOOB Transit
As of Monday, July 11, BSOOB Transit expanded its customer service hours. This seasonal increase in hours will provide more opportunity for customers to add value to their DiriGo smartcards, gather bus scheduling information and any other service customers may need to get to their final destination. The new hours are: Monday, Thursday and Friday […]
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Obituary: Eugene A. Guerin
BIDDEFORD — Eugene A. Guerin, 77, of Biddeford, passed away on June 27 at his home in Biddeford. To those who knew him, he was “Gene.” Gene was born in Biddeford and attended local schools, graduating from St. Louis High School in 1963. Gene met the love of his life, Simone, in high school and […]
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Travis Mills Foundation to host first open house of 2022
The public is welcomed to attend the first open house of 2022 at the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat, located in Rome, Maine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6. The event includes tours of the main Retreat building, the newly renovated Marbury House from the original Elizabeth Arden estate, which now serves […]
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Goodwill’s new neurorehabilitation clinical director focuses on how technology and counseling support brain injury
SCARBOROUGH — Mackenna Murtagh, Psy.D, has joined Goodwill NeuroRehab as clinical director starting July 1. Murtagh was Goodwill’s neuropsychology post-doctoral resident, and is excited to lead Goodwill’s two brain injury clinics in Scarborough and Lewiston where staff help people get back to life after a brain injury such as a stroke or car accident. Murtagh […]