BIDDEFORD — In-A-Pinch Non-Food Pantry is now located at the Masonic Dunlap Lodge at 264 Pool Road, in Biddeford. It is open the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 4 to 7 p.m. You can get there for free starting at 3:21 p.m. by taking the Silver Line bus offered by Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard […]
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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Trick-or-treat in downtown Biddeford on Oct. 29
Put on your Halloween costume and visit Biddeford downtown businesses on Friday, Oct. 29 for the Downtown Creepy Crawl From 3 to 5:30 p.m. Local businesses will hand out free candy and/or other treats to trick-or-treaters. The Heart of Biddeford has sponsored this event for several years. Due to the COVID pandemic, last year it […]
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Scarborough purchases solar arrays on town buildings
The Town of Scarborough recently completed the purchase of the solar arrays installed on two Town buildings: the Engine 5 fire station, located on Saco Street, and the Community Services maintenance building on the municipal campus. The arrays were installed in 2014 through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ReVision Energy and ReVision has maintained […]
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Scarborough High School turf and track in need of major renovations
On November 2nd, you will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” for bond issuance to replace the existing turf and track at the Kippy Mitchell Sports Complex located on the Scarborough High School campus. This initiative was previously on the November 2019 ballot but was not approved. In the two years since the failed […]
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Southgate in Scarborough honored with Affordable Housing Award from national coalition
27th Annual Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award recognizes the best in affordable housing.
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Town & Country FCU to contribute to schools to reduce student hunger
SCARBOROUGH — Town & Country Federal Credit Union states that its ‘Local Helping Local’ initiative is focusing its latest contribution on helping school districts in Cumberland and York counties with student hunger. On the final day of Hunger Action Month, the credit union is making a financial contribution to all 31 school districts in Cumberland […]
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Enclave of Scarborough donates dog biscuits
Enclave of Scarborough’s Assisted Living and Memory Care residents teamed together to make made-from-scratch peanut butter dog biscuits in the shapes of dog bones and paws along with homemade craft cat toys to bring some cheer to the animals at Animal Welfare League of Greater Portland. The organization thanked the residents by sending photographs of […]
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Protecting a woman’s right to choose
I have spent a lot of time lately thinking about the new Texas law, which recently took effect and severely limits a woman’s right to reproductive health care. This new law is extreme and cruel: It prohibits abortions after the first six weeks of a pregnancy — a time when most women don’t even know […]
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Boy who named St. James School in Biddeford returns as teacher
His journey leads Mike Provencher home.
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Learn to write and perform comedy
Stephanie Lazenby will teach a comedy class beginning later this month. Courtesy photo/Melissa Koren PhotographyHave you ever thought of trying standup comedy? Now is your chance! A Couch to Mic will begin later this month. Over the course of four classes, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, Nov. 9 and Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., at St. […]
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