Thanksgiving is all about sharing our bounty with family, friends, and neighbors. We enjoy trying new recipes for stuffing, sparring lightly over whether it is pumpkin or apple pie that’s the perfect slice of heaven, and deciding who will bring the favorite must-have sides to complement the turkey, the star of the show. Sharing 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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Sidecar – Wine, Whiskey and Tapas Bar opens at Station Square in Gorham
Gorham has a new attraction in the clock tower at Station Square: Sidecar Wine, Whiskey & Tapas Bar. Located on the top floor, patrons will be able to listen to live music, enjoy daily specials and join in for weekly karaoke fun all in a sleek new locale. Enjoy a cocktail and an appetizer on […]
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Scarborough/Gorhman residents go to college, receive accolades
Ryan Gambardella and Sarah Card, both of Scarborough, are incoming freshmen this year at James Madison University in Harrisburg, Virginia. Aidan Mclean, of Scarborough, is a freshman at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mclean’s major is listed as Mechanical Engg BME. Graduate student Narissa Libby of Gorham was among those honored […]
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Scarborough Scouts help town and its residents.
Cub Scouts from Pack 47 have been busy carrying out Good Turns for various organizations in Scarborough. Cub Scouting is for any boy or girl in grades kindergarten through fifth. Contact Cathy at 1ceuat@gmail.com for more information. Recently, the Scouts painted pumpkins (above) and made Thanksgiving cards for residents at Pine Point Nursing Home and cleaned […]
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Scarborough events, Nov. 19
Saturday, Dec. 4 “A Vintage Christmas” will be the focus of the annual 2021 Holiday Fair at the First Congregational Church of Scarborough, 167 Black Point Road, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Featured in the Parish Hall and the Church Vestry will be breakfast cake and coffee, handmade items with a Maine theme, holiday greens, […]
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Astronomy Club meets Dec. 3
The Astronomical Society of Northern New England (ASNNE) will hold its monthly meeting on Friday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at The New School, 38 York St., Kennebunk. The Business Meeting, also open to the public, commences at 6:45 p.m. The December meeting agenda includes: Bernie Reim’s “What’s Up for the Month” and the ever […]
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Upcoming Scarborough library program fosters civil discourse
“If you want to change your stereotypes, seek first-hand experience. Do not believe everything you are told. Find out for yourself. Talk.” ― Mark Gerzon, American Citizen, Global Citizen: How Expanding Our Identities Makes Us Safer, Stronger, Wiser – And Builds a Better World Please consider attending an important upcoming Scarborough Public Library program featuring […]
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The little rose that could
Nature often works in wondrous ways, sometimes even going so far as defying her own principles or breaking one of her own rules, or so it might seem to us at the time. But how do we really know what Nature is thinking, because she isn’t talking, or at least not in our language. That […]
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Town & Country FCU holds ‘virtual’ event to award $25,000 to local nonprofits
SCARBOROUGH — Although the high-fives and accolades were ‘virtual’ for the second straight year, the impact of the $25,000 in grants provided by Town & Country Federal Credit Union is very ‘real’. At a special event, held ‘virtually’ out of an abundance of caution, the credit union announced the 2021 grant recipients, including one from […]
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Flag pays tribute to sacrifices made by World War II Merchant Marine
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — A neglected chapter of World War II has been recalled in Old Orchard Beach with the donation and prominent display of a flag honoring the memory of a U.S. Merchant Marine from Massachusetts. As a boy growing up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Old Orchard Beach resident Dave Twomey lived upstairs from his […]