It’s early February. An old farmer adage cautions that, “Half your wood and half your hay, you should have on Candlemas Day.” (That’s Groundhog Day for the dazzling urbanites out there.) We still find it to be a pretty good rule-of-thumb, and we’ve only used about half the wood in the shed so far. Media […]
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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Biddeford and Saco Rotary Club linking locally and internationally
BIDDEFORD — Donald Pilon, president of the Biddeford and Saco Rotary Club, officially signed a twinning agreement with the Cosmopolitan Rotary Club in Amman Jordan. The two Rotary groups met via Zoom to officially join as sister clubs. This is the second twinning outreach of this sort for the Biddeford and Saco Rotary Club. The […]
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Ronald Charette
BIDDEFORD — Ronald Charette, 71, of Biddeford, passed away from COVID-19 at St. Andre’s Healthcare on Feb. 3, 2021. Ronald was born in Fort Kent, Maine, on July 9, 1949, son to Arthur Gagnon and Delores Charette. Ronald was a hard-working, generous and kind man. There was nothing he wouldn’t do to help, it didn’t […]
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James Marcotte tells of his time at WestPoint Pepperell mill in Biddeford
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of stories of Biddeford’s mill past, told by former mill workers and sponsored by the Biddeford Mills Museum. On Oct. 4, 2012, James Marcotte recorded a short video for the Biddeford Mills Museum. Sitting in front of a photo of the Saco Falls, Marcotte introduced himself and […]
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Scarborough library to host online talk on ‘War Pigeons: Winged Couriers in the U.S. Military, 1878-1957
SCARBOROUGH — Elizabeth G. Macalaster will give virtual illustrated author talk at the Scarborough Public Library as part of the Authors at the Library series. For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Macalaster’s book, “War Pigeons: Winged Couriers in the U.S. Military, 1878-1957,” […]
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Dyer Library in Saco reopens as COVID cases go down
SACO — Due to the recent reduction in COVID-19 cases in Maine and York County, the Dyer Library has reopened. Social distancing rules are in effect inside the building, including a 20-minute time limit per person and 20 maximum capacity of people capacity limit. Library Rules include: • Library hours will remain the same. Our […]
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Mary McGrath awarded Golden Cane
Mary McGrath, 97, was presented with the Golden Cane award at Enclave of Scarborough for being its oldest resident. Courtesy photo At 97 years young, Mary McGrath is the oldest Enclave of Scarborough resident. As such, on Jan. 28, associates at the Enclave of Scarborough honored Mary with their third annual Golden Cane Ceremony, […]
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Local residents earn academic honors, graduate
The following students have been named to the fall 2020 honors list at Husson University in Bangor: Gina O. Breggia-Reidy of Gorham, a sophomore who is currently enrolled in Husson’s Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration and Public Health program; Nolan Floyd Brown of Gorham, a sophomore who is currently enrolled in Husson’s Bachelor of […]
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Letters to the editor, Feb. 12
More transparency on ICE facility warranted To the editor, On Feb. 14, 2020, Bangor Daily News (BDN) ran an article about a federal contract awarded to a local real estate developer for a US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center to be located at 40 Manson Libby Road in Scarborough. Unfortunately, Scarborough’s current ordinances […]
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Barbara J. Gould
BIDDEFORD — Ms. Barbara J. Gould, 79, of Biddeford, passed away Jan. 9, 2021 at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough. Barbara was born July 16, 1941, in Kennebunk, Maine, to Ms. Ada Brenton. She worked as a clerk for Goodwill for over 30 years before retiring. She enjoyed playing cards and bingo. She loved her cats […]