BIDDEFORD — Students from Biddeford Intermediate School and Biddeford High School won first place at the Odyssey of the Mind State Finals held at Noble High School on March 26. The win qualified both teams to go to the World Finals from May 25-28 at the University of Iowa. Odyssey of the Mind is a […]
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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BHS musical takes place April 29 and 30
Biddeford High School students will put on “The Best of Broadway,” a musical directed by Deb Lombard of Saco. The show, which will be performed at the Biddeford Middle School performing arts center is the first show BHS students have put on in two years. Shows are Friday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, […]
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Letters, April 21
Saco Oath vs U.S. Constitution purpose To the editor, The City of Saco’s oath taken by various individuals – Councilors, Police Officers, School Board members, etc. is below: “I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution and will obey the laws of the United States and the State of Maine; that I […]
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Obituary: Richard N. Jacques
BIDDEFORD — Richard “Dick” Jacques of Biddeford, Maine, passed away peacefully at Maine Medical Center on April 10, 2022. He was 86 years young. Richard was born in Biddeford on March 21, 1936, a son of Raoul and Annabelle (Boisvert) Jacques. Richard graduated from St. Louis High School as a member of the class of […]
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Obituary: Joyce Ann Worster
Arundel – Joyce Ann Worster, 53, of Granite Ridge Road, Waterboro passed away Friday, April 15, 2022, at her residence with her mother by her side. She was born Oct. 3, 1968, in Meriden, Connecticut, the daughter of Michael and Eileen Carlton Worster. Joyce graduated from Biddeford High School in 1989. She worked for Creative […]
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Obituary: Warren Isaac Francis
BIDDEFORD — Warren Isaac Francis, 80, of Biddeford, Maine, passed away at the Maine Medical Center in Portland on Feb. 23, 2022. Warren was born on Dec. 12, 1941 in Biddeford, Maine. He was the second child of Howard & Arline (Graffam) Francis. As a child, Warren and his father, Howard, enjoyed listening to the […]
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Obituary: Sr. Theresa Labrecque
BIDDEFORD — Sister Theresa Labrecque, formerly known as Sister St. Robert of Milan, died at St. Joseph Convent on April 11, at the age of 98. She was born to Eugene Labrecque and Ludivine Roy Labrecque on Oct. 6, 1923, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Sister Theresa was the second child in a family of 11 children. […]
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Maine Pottery Tour begins April 30
SCARBOROUGH — Springtime in Maine can mean daffodils or snow, and sometimes both, but the first weekend in May has meant the Maine Pottery Tour for a decade. The 10th annual Maine Pottery Tour welcomes visitors on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, 2022. The self-guided tour is an opportunity to enjoy spring in Vacationland […]
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‘Pitch in’ Scarborough – Volunteer as a beach monitor
As a community, Scarborough residents tend to be very involved. Each year the Town benefits from hundreds of volunteers donating countless hours to programs designed to keep Scarborough a wonderful place to live. One of these programs is the volunteer beach monitoring program, which aims to protect the endangered piping plovers that nest on beaches […]
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Bowl-A-Thon for Veterans takes place April 30,
A Bowl-A-Thon for Veterans will take place April 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bowl-A-Rama on Main Street in Sanford. Rolling Thunder, Inc Maine Chapter 1, is looking for teams and sponsors. All proceeds will benefit local veterans and their families. Teams can bowl for one to six hours. There will be holding hourly door prize […]