The school has put a project in place that students can interact with.
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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Community meeting on Scarborough’s climate change and resiliency priorities takes place Feb. 23
Scarborough will hold a virtual community meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. to allow the public an opportunity to weigh in on Scarborough’s climate change and resiliency priorities. Town staff will provide an overview of vulnerable infrastructure and there will also be time for participants to suggest additional priorities. Scarborough is looking to apply for […]
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Council corner: A more complete Scarborough
“If you aim for nothing, you’ll hit it every time …” So we should probably pick a target. The Scarborough Town Council has been deliberating areas of focus for the coming year. Getting seven councilors to align can be a challenge, but we agreed on a number of topics. The most prominent goal relates to […]
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TV show on race relations airing in Scarborough
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 the […]
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Lawmakers advance Gramlich proposal to increase behavioral health support for first responders
Federal legislation under consideration would provide benefits for first responders suffering from PTSD and their families.
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Scarborough residents earn academic honors
Sarah Card of Scarborough was named to the fall semester president’s list at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ryan Connolly of Scarborough was named to the fall semester dean’s list at James Madison University. Marie Walton of Gorham graduated from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, with a BA in Writing and Anthropology. The […]
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Expanded library services in Scarborough needs library expansion
Hello Scarborough Community, We are the leadership team of the Scarborough Public Library and we want to tell you about the exciting developments our Library is planning. Today the library is seriously under-sized for a community of 22,135 residents, and more so than any other comparable library in Maine. The present library building dates from […]
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NRCS selects new district conservationist for Cumberland and York Counties
SCARBOROUGH —The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has selected Luis Aponte as new district conservationist for Cumberland and York Counties. Aponte, who most recently served as an NRCS District Conservationist for Oxford County, started his new position on Feb. 13, and is based at the Scarborough Field Office. He replaces long-time District Conservationist Wayne Munroe […]
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Good Shepherd Parish donates 7,150 diapers to local social service agencies
SACO — A mid-January diaper donation drive at the churches of Good Shepherd Parish generated 7,150 diapers to help local mothers in need in Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, and Lyman. The diapers were collected during the “Mary, Mother of God” Diaper Collection from parishioners at Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco, St. Joseph Church […]
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UNE leads state in first-time pass rates for B.S.N. degree licensing exams
More students in the University of New England’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) program passed their national licensing exams on the first try in 2021 than those from any other baccalaureate nursing program in Maine. More than 95 percent of UNE nursing students passed the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National […]