As we approach the middle of December it seems like an opportune time to review some basic winter fire safety tips before the onset of the snow storms we know are right around the corner. Emergency access and egress leads the list of priorities. If you have an emergency that requires fire, police, or EMS […]
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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Scott & Sunny Townsend Team of Keller Williams Realty welcomes new transaction coordinator
SCARBOROUGH — Melanie Morse has joined the Scott & Sunny Townsend Team of Keller Williams Realty as a transaction coordinator and administrator. After graduating from Quinnipiac University with a bachelor’s degree in communications, Morse returned home to Maine to begin a career in administration and fundraising, specializing in special events. Morse has worked with several […]
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Girl Scouts have window visit with seniors at Enclave
Scarborough Girl Scout Troop #629, and members of ‘”Games with Great Grands” visited the Enclave to do a craft window visit with their seniors. The group set up tables outside of their dining room and made bird seed pinecones and then hung them on the windows and trees. When the young ladies started doing cartwheels, […]
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Books make great gifts
Gift-giving season is upon us. And the approach of winter with its shorter days and chillier weather conjures images of curling up in a comfy chair with a new book. The last few years have seen an explosion of picture book biographies that are inspirational narrative nonfiction, written like a story, beautifully illustrated, appropriate for […]
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Scott & Sunny Townsend Team of Keller Williams Realty welcomes Client Services Manager Barbara McDonald
Barbara McDonald has joined the Scott & Sunny Townsend Team of Keller Williams Realty as the new client services manager. Originally from Connecticut, McDonald comes to the team with exceptional customer service skills, a solid work ethic and a commitment to community. As client services manager, McDonald will act as a liaison connecting our clients […]
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Saco Pathfinders donate holiday meals
Members of the Saco Pathfinders Snowmobile Club provided four complete Thanksgiving dinners and will provide an additional two at Christmas time to Saco residents. They are being delivered by the First Parish Congregational church in Saco.
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Joan A. Donovan
BIDDEFORD — Joan A. Donovan, 84, of Biddeford, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 20, 1936, in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Cannon Gorman and was educated there, graduating from Mission High School in the Class of 1954. Joan raised her children […]
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Biddeford Housing Authority gets federal funds
The Biddeford Housing Authority is one of five housing authorities in Maine getting federal funds. In a recent news release, Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced that the five housing authorities will receive more than $1.4 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Mainstream Voucher Program. A total of $1,480,872 is being […]
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Mill Voices: Leo and Pauline Laverriere’s history of mill work
Editor’s note: Biddeford Mills Museum recorded interviews with more than 50 former Biddeford Mills employees in 2012 and 2013. Below is excerpt from one of those videos in an occasional series of stories of people who have worked in the Biddeford and Saco mills. The full set of videos will be available for viewing at […]
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TAMS student wins singing contest
SACO — A student attending school in Saco recently won a singing contest. On Nov. 21, the Maine Chapter of NATS, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, concluded its annual Musical Theater Festival. Amélie Lourdeau, a sixth-grader at Thornton Academy Middle School in Saco, took first place in her division Traditionally held live at […]