SCARBOROUGH — Parishioners at St. John Paul II Parish, which includes St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Scarborough; Holy Cross Church, South Portland; and St. Bartholomew Church, Cape Elizabeth, set out to help neighbors in need during Lent, and help them they did. In total 6,208 pounds of canned goods and packaged food were donated during “40 […]
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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Detailed Scarborough department budget reviews underway
The Town Council tasks its Finance Committee with conducting a detailed review of the proposed municipal budget. The Finance Committee held the first in a series of department budget reviews on Tuesday, April 19. The committee heard presentations from Scarborough Economic Development Corporation (SEDCO), Scarborough Public Library, Scarborough Community Services, and Scarborough Public Works. Departmental […]
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Teen to benefit from Fontaine’s virtual auction
SCARBOROUGH — Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader with an office in Scarborough will be hosting their 8th Annual Bid For Wishes Virtual Auction on their Facebook business page May 16-23. Along with Make-A-Wish Maine, this year’s auction will also benefit Johnathan Morin, a sophomore at Lewiston High School. Johnathan first started experiencing […]
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Biddeford City Theater presents ‘On Golden Pond’
BIDDEFORD — City Theater in Biddeford will soon present “On Golden Pond” by playwright Ernest Thompson. Originally slated for their 2020 season, it is wonderful to be able to finally bring this piece of classic American theater to the stage. “On Golden Pond” remains an inspiring celebration of the universal challenges we all face, and […]
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Ben Cobb named valedictorian at Thornton Academy
Ben Cobb is the valedictorian of Thornton Academy’s Class of 2022. Ben, the son of Dawn and Randall Cobb, maintained a 4.19 Grade Point Average while taking 13 Honors and nine Advanced Placement classes. Ben played on the TA soccer team and was a member of the Robotics Club for four years. The Robotics Team […]
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UNE in Biddeford holds sled hockey demonstration
The University of New England Department of Physical Therapy recently partnered with Maine Adaptive to hold a sled hockey demonstration at the Harold Alfond Forum in Biddeford on Sunday, April 24. Maine Adaptive engages and empowers people with disabilities in many forms of sport, and many students in UNE’s Physical Therapy program volunteered at the […]
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Ruralist Lament: Earth Day 4 Earthlings?
The seed potatoes and bags of “K-Mag” background fertilizer arrived this morning on the Paris Farmers Union truck. With that safely stowed on a pallet in the wood/tractor shed I met up with a group of wetland ecology students who were studying a vernal pool on the farm woodlot. With a few hundred tomato and […]
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New jewelry studio open in Biddeford
Chaya Caron, the founder and designer of Chaya Studio Jewelry, has launched her new location at 90 Saco Falls Way, Suite 201, in Biddeford. The new location, Chaya Studio Jewelry at The Hidden Gem, will hold a grand opening on May 7, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will feature new work by […]
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Obituary: Clayton F. McLaskey
SACO — Clayton F. McLaskey, 72, of Saco, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in Scarborough. He was born in Conway, New Hampshire, on Sept. 22, 1949, a son of Lloyd and Bertha (Hamm) McLaskey. He graduated from Biddeford High School, class of 1966. Clayton served his country in the United States Army for […]
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Virtual Thresholds Conference on grief sponsored by Hospice of Southern Maine
SCARBOROUGH — Authors Elizabeth Gilbert and Michelle Zauner will be the featured speakers at Hospice of Southern Maine’s 11th Annual Thresholds Conference, taking place virtually on Thursday, May 10 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. This year’s conference, titled “Grief is Individual and Universal,” provides an in-depth look at the topic of grief. In addition to […]