Saco Maine Street celebrated Small Business Saturday on Nov. 28 in a big way. The third annual “Shop Small” event was held outside this year in the courtyard next to the Saco Scoop. Along with the Saco Bucks give-away the day featured a huge, fuzzy, inflated teddy bear whose arms moved to hug both young […]
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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St. John Paul II Catholic Parish to hold lessons and carols advent event
SCARBOROUGH — Lessons and Carols Advent Religious Service to be celebrated by St. John Paul II Catholic Parish on Dec. 13. At 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13, St. John Paul II Catholic Parish will gather at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church on 150 Black Point Road in Scarborough to celebrate the traditional Advent event “Lessons […]
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Healing the Divide
All of us, on some level, have been aware of the divisiveness in our community and country. There is also fear that we can’t or won’t be able to heal this divide. We often have become so attached to our assumptions, our labels and our judgements that separate us, that we have lost sight of […]
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Letters to the editor, Dec. 11
Thanks to Scarborough Public Works director To the editor, On behalf of Blue Point Congregational Church Building & Grounds Committee, we would like to let the residents of our great Town of Scarborough know how thankful we all are. Our church was suffering from a serious water issue and we had no idea how to […]
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Biddeford Knights raise over $7,000 for local nonprofits during virtual Walk for Life
BIDDEFORD — The Knights of Columbus Saint Joseph Council #12941 in Biddeford has raised over $7,000 as part of a virtual Walk for Life. “We will give $5,000 to the Alpha Pregnancy Resource Center in Sanford, $1,000 for the Esther Residence in Saco, and $1,000 to CourageLIVES,” said Dave McDonald, grand knight of the council. […]
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Saco nun inspired Portland parish to send Christmas gifts to inmates
SACO — Receiving a Christmas card and a present would bring a smile to any face this time of year, but perhaps nobody needs that extension of love and generosity more than a person incarcerated. That idea that has inspired a special group of parishioners at Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Parish in Portland for decades and […]
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‘People on the refuge’ is December theme for art contest
Join the Friends of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and Refuge Staff in a year-long, anniversary celebration of the 50 years since the Refuge was named after the nation’s foremost and forward thinking biologists, Rachel Carson. The Sense of Wonder Art Contest is one of several events and activities the Friends and Refuge staff have […]
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Letters to the editor, Dec. 10
Thanks for your vote To the editor, I’m writing to express my thanks to the people of House District 9 (Kennebunkport and coastal Biddeford & Kennebunk) as their newly sworn-in representative to the 130th State Legislature. I am honored to serve, and grateful to have been entrusted with this important job. As I stated to […]
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Correction
Due to misinformation, Destiny Noonan, a grade 10 student at Biddeford High School, was not included in the Honor Roll listing in the Dec. 3 edition.
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Santa visits Biddeford and Saco
A masked Santa Claus points to a passing car in Biddeford on Friday evening during an event put on by Heart of Biddeford which featured holiday lights through Main Street in Biddeford and Saco and a drive-by Santa greeting. Well over 500 cars waited in line, some for an hour and a half, to see […]
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