For a number of years now, the Scarborough Police and Fire Departments have been working with an outstanding group called the Trauma Intervention Program or TIP. TIP is a national volunteer program that was founded in 1985. The local chapter was established in Portland in 2005, and Scarborough joined them a few years later. TIP […]
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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Red Cross calls for new volunteers to support disaster relief
Help is needed for tens of thousands impacted in active hurricane, wildfire seasons.
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Reeves family exceeds goal of 500 shoes to help Soles4Souls fight global poverty
SCARBOROUGH — One person’s unwanted shoes can help provide meaningful opportunities that many in developing nations need. Hannah, 9 and Grant, 6 have helped their mom, Courtney launch a shoe drive to collect new or gently worn shoes for Soles4Souls, a nonprofit social enterprise that creates sustainable jobs and provides relief through the sitribution of […]
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OLLI at USM’s Notable SAGE lecture series Is underway
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Southern Maine offers Fun Learning and Social Opportunities for Adults 50 and up.
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Letters to the editor, Sept. 25
Support Leanne Kazilionis and Shannon Lindstrom for School Board To the editor, Public schools are the heart and soul of most communities. We have been reminded of this over the past few months as cancelled sports, theater, education, social and enrichment programs have created a void. Scarborough’s community life has been less vibrant and more […]
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Healthier way to pay with contactless debit cards
SCARBOROUGH —Amid ongoing concerns arising from COVID-19 about spreading the virus and limiting contact of surfaces for that and other health reasons, Town & Country FCU has introduced its Contactless Visa Debit Card. Town & Country is the first credit union in Maine to introduce a contactless debit card (and one of only a handful […]
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Meals To Go Program offered in Scarborough
Get three pre-cooked frozen meals for $10.
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Sister June Rita Fortier
BIDDEFORD — Sister June Rita Fortier died at St. Joseph Convent on Sept. 16, 2020, at the age of 90. Sr. June Rita, the only child of William Fortier and Marion Morrison, was born on Aug. 21, 1930 in Somerville, Massachusetts. June Rita attended Immaculate Conception School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then Archbishop Cushing Central High […]
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Biddeford City Theater will host a Virtual Highlights Concert
BIDDEFORD — The City Theater is excited to announce that it will present a Virtual Highlights Concert, Oct. 9 to 11 on its YouTube channel. The concert will allow City Theater audiences to revisit, or see for the first time, some of their favorite performers in some of their favorite roles. Original performers are reprise […]
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New local leadership for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Greater Portland area, gathered online, to sustain a new area Stake President (spiritual local leader) and two counselors to preside over 11 ward and branch congregations. The Stake is home to nearly 4,000 members from Arundel to Damariscotta, as far north as Augusta, […]