ecomaine launched its 2022 school-based Upcycle Challenge, which will award $500 to a participating student’s school. The Upcycle Challenge asks students in ecomaine’s communities to use items that ordinarily would have been disposed of, to make all-new, functional ones and submit them by Friday, March 18. From the submissions, ecomaine’s Outreach & Recycling Committee will […]
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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Obituary: Richard Schoorens
BIDDEFORD — Richard Schoorens, 91, of Hills Beach, Biddeford, Maine, passed away peacefully on Febr. 27, 2022. He and his wife of 66 years Shirley (Whynot) moved to “the beach” in 1992, after living and raising their family in Bedford, Massachusetts. Richard is survived by: his wife Shirley; their children, David and Cathy Schoorens of […]
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From Augusta – Standing up for Maine students, the future
When I look to Maine’s future, I think about the people — from the young students in high schools and the young adults in colleges, to the adults and parents acquiring new skills and training or switching careers in community colleges — who all want to get good jobs, pay their bills, buy homes and […]
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Service Notice: Dianne Christian Hunt
KENNEBUNKPORT — Dianne Christian Hunt, 64, died Sunday, July 18, 2021, at York Hospital. Friends are invited to visit with the family 1 to 4 p.m. with a service of celebration at 2 p.m., with Carolyn Lambert officiating, Saturday, March 26, 2022, at the Kennebunkport Legion Hall, 102 Main St., Kennebunkport. Light refreshments will be […]
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Obituary: Claudia E. Roy
SACO — Claudia Elaine Roy, 86, of Saco, Maine, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Claudia was born in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 5, 1936, a daughter of Albert E. and Cora (Evans) Hanson. She was educated in the Old Orchard Beach school system. In 1956, Claudia married her […]
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Obituary: Barbara T. Sinclair,1958 – 2022
SOUTH PORTLAND — Barbara T. Sinclair, 63, of South Portland, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, 2022, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born in Augusta, Maine, the daughter of F. Warren and Elsie (Brindley) Talbot. Barbara graduated from Leavitt High School (1976) and continued her studies at Thomas College where […]
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Scarborough Education Association helps one of its own
The Scarborough Education Association is like a family. So when one of its own members needed help, the SEA answered the call.
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Senate unanimously passes Brenner bill to help coastal homeowners afford flood insurance
LD 1809 faces further votes in the Senate and House in the coming weeks.
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TV show about race relations airing on Scarborough local access TV
The Scarborough Baha’i Community invites people to tune into Scarborough’s Local Access TV, Channel 2, at 8 p.m. daily, over the upcoming weeks, to view a five-part series entitled “An American Story: Race Amity and The Other Tradition,” a series of five 30-minute episodes about “the other tradition” in American race relations. It is about […]
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Community policing has positive impact in Scarborough
The Scarborough Police Department has built up a fan club. They have a Facebook following of 24,000+, receive regular visits from kids, kind gifts, and generous donations. Even the K9 units get some love! Supporters see that being a police officer means more than writing tickets. The officers are critical members of the community and […]