I went to a planning board meeting last night. Since we shed the reeking regional incinerator that occupied downtown for nearly 30 years, the city’s political class has been giddy over the wave of gentrification and sprawl that’s ensued. Concerns about working farm and forest land are easily swept aside in pursuit of “development.” 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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Union Church to host its 21st Annual Summer Speaker Series
Union Church will present its 21st Annual Summer Speaker Series at Union Church, 3 Stonecliff Road, Biddeford Pool (Covid protocols permitting), as well as virtually via Zoom. The four-event series features special guests from The Telling Room (July 14), Kerri Arsenault (July 28), Susan Conley (Aug.11) and Meg Weston (Aug. 25). “Union Church is delighted […]
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Obituary: Rita Boucher
SACO — Rita A. Boucher, 70, of Saco, passed away peacefully at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough on Friday, June 17, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Augusta, Maine, on May 30,1952, daughter of Lionel and Constance (Vigue) Bernier. She was educated in the Augusta school system and as a […]
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Obituary: Stephen Fogg
SACO — It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing of Stephen J. Fogg on April 24, 2022, at the age of 64 in York, Pennsylvania, following a brief battle against cancer. During his final days, Steve was surrounded by love, from many of whose lives he had touched. His passing was peaceful, […]
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Obituary: Paul Foster
RAYMOND — Paul Bernard Foster, 82, of Raymond passed away peacefully on June 14, 2022, at his beach house in Pine Point, Scarborough. Paul was born April 19, 1940, in Portland, the son of Wilbur A. Foster and Phyllis L. Foster (Restuccia). He grew up in Westbrook and spent his summers working at the Pine Point […]
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Obituary: Robert W. Kinne
DAYTON — Robert W. Kinne, 82, of Dayton, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Robert was born in Biddeford, Maine, on Feb. 6, 1940, a son of Dean and Margaret (Nicholas) Kinne. He grew up in Goodwins Mills and received his elementary education in the Saco […]
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Obituary: Cecile E. Gauthier
August 10, 1931- June 12, 2022
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Scarborough Land Trust to auction off painting by local artist
Sandy Willcox of Scarborough donated a one-of-a-kind painting of Scarborough Marsh to the Scarborough Land Trust (SLT). The painting, titled “Scarborough Marsh in Summer,” is oil-based and features a view of the marsh habitat which is ecologically and culturally important to the community. It will be auctioned off to support the land trust. Willcox wishes […]
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Hospice of Southern Maine welcomes Nathan Howell to its board of directors
SCARBOROUGH — Nathan Howell has joined the board of directors at Hospice of Southern Maine. Since 2018, Howell has served as the president of Southern Maine Health Care. Prior to that, he was president and CEO of North Star Health Alliance and Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, New York. “We are delighted and fortunate that […]
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Supporting Maine families in the Legislature
As a mother and parent of a high school student, I know the last couple years have been an extraordinarily difficult time for families. Between our kids being forced to learn from home, the struggle to find child care, trying to keep your family healthy amid a pandemic and now a shortage of baby formula, […]