Support online voter registration To the editor, As a Maine citizen, I am very proud of the engagement of our voters and their high rates of participation in elections, even in the most challenging of times. I believe that we can further encourage and support Maine citizens’ engagement and participation by adopting an online voter […]
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.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Next week is National Telecommunicator Week
Each year, the second full week of April is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety telecommunicators. This year, we honor the often-unsung heroes of public safety, our dispatchers, during the week of April 11-17. Every emergency that a police officer or firefighter responds to either starts with, or is handled […]
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Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Scarborough community helped celebrate 90 year olds birthday
Lou Doucette was surprised and thrilled to see all who showed up on her special day.
Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Basketball was a joy for the March Veteran of the Month
By the time James Call was a fourth-grader in Freeport schools, he was hardly without a basketball bouncing in front of him. He loved the sport more than anything and spent Saturday mornings running drills and playing scrimmages. Jim later played center on the Freeport High School Basketball Team. “We had a really good team,” […]
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US Rep. Pingree announces Thornton Academy Student to attend West Point
Jacob D. Lowe was nominated by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Free summer classes for high school students and incoming freshman at community colleges
WELLS —Maine’s community colleges are offering free classes this summer to re-engage Maine’s high school students in their educational journey. Maine high school seniors graduating this spring and attending a community college this fall can take a free summer class under the new “Momentum from the Start” program. All tuition and fees are waived and […]
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Berwick’s Prime Tanning site gets funding for reclamation effort
Loan awarded for continued environmental remediation to new owner, Great Falls Construction, for ‘The Edge of Berwick.’
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Blood drive takes place April 21
The Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph Council #12941, will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive in the St. Joseph Church downstairs hall at 178 Elm St. (Rt. 1) in Biddeford on Wednesday, April 21, from noon to 5 p.m. Drop in or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to schedule an appointment or search online at […]
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Letters to the editor, April 8
Biddeford genealogical society still meeting during pandemic To the editor, This letter is to make our readers aware that there is another organization called the York County Genealogical Society of Franco Americans. For years, this organization has been losing members and had to go under the umbrella of the Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center. This […]
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Local residents earn academic honors
The following local residents were named to the 2020 fall semester dean’s list at Simmons University in Boston: Cindy Do of Biddeford; and Kaitlyn Watt and Elise Nason, both of Saco. The following Saco residents earned a degree from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City: Amanda Jones received a Master of Business Administration, Kevin […]