The performance will stream on YouTube from Dec. 18 to Dec. 27.
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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Survival of the cutest: Story of a chipmunk
A few years ago, I lived in an apartment over a garage. My deck was high off the ground, so I created a little feeding station for the birds up there. One cold day in January, I noticed a single gray squirrel eating out of a bowl of seed. It was snowing hard, and the […]
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Let’s show up for our community on Small Business Saturday
Thanksgiving this year is going to look different for so many of us. In pre-pandemic times, we might be running to the grocery store one last time to get that missing ingredient or getting the family ready to travel to a relative’s house. Because of the pandemic, many of us are staying home this year […]
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Enroll now in Job Corps
Job Corps is currently enrolling youth 16-24 years old, who are interested in learning career training in areas such as Automotive, Welding, Healthcare, Electrical, Culinary Arts, among others, through free training. Virtual and online learning options are available. Earn HSD/HSE and your driver’s license at the same time. Housing and meals are included at no […]
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Meals To Go Program offers 3 pre-cooked meals for $10
Scarborough Community Services and Southern Maine Agency are working together to offer a Meals to Go Program. If you are 60 or older, you can get three pre-cooked freezer meals to enjoy when you need them for a suggested donation of only $10. If you are under 60, and would like the meals, the cost […]
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Fire safety important on Thanksgiving
As we approach the beginning of the holiday season it is important for everyone to remain particularly vigilant in terms of fire safety. The U.S. Fire Administration recently released a report regarding Thanksgiving fire incidents that is worth sharing. In an average year, fire departments report over 2,000 fires in residential buildings on Thanksgiving Day. […]
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Town & Country FCU holds ‘irtual event to award $25,000 in ‘real’ money to nonprofits
SCARBOROUGH — Though Town & Country Federal Credit Union’s 2020 Better Neighbor Fund reception was a ‘virtual’ affair for the first time ever, the community spirit among nonprofits sharing in $25,000 awarded by the credit union was very real, indeed. At a special online event, the credit union announced the 2020 grant recipients as determined […]
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Enclave of Scarborough honors veterans
Assisted Living, Enclave of Scarborough, honored their great men, and one special woman, on Veterans Day. They were each given a rose, flag pin, and veterans mug. Their photographs were displayed decoratively, and even their engineering associate, Ken MacDonald. brought in his old military uniform. All residents enjoyed a patriotic dessert and watched lifestyle associate, […]
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Advent wreath making opportunities planned for Scarborough and elsewhere
SCARBOROUGH — Free gatherings to make Advent wreaths are traditionally held at different Maine churches to prepare for Advent, the four-week period leading up to Christmas that is a time of preparation for the celebration of the Lord’s birth in which Christians celebrate the way the Lord comes into our lives each day. During the […]
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Maine State ballet presents free film verson of ‘The Nutcracker Behind the Mask’
Maine State Ballet kicks off its 44th season with a gift to the Maine community. This holiday season will be ushered in with a complimentary narrated film entitled “The Nutcracker Behind the Mask.” Set in early 19th century Germany, the ballet still tells the classic tale of the Nutcracker and Clara’s visit to the land […]