The flu shot will not only help prevent influenza, it might also reduce your risk of getting Alzheimer’s Disease.
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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Survey finds nearly all Americans View Social Security as an important program
The majority believe it is more important in light of the pandemic.
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New Scarborough Public Safety live-in students welcomed
Recently 36 new Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) students moved into fire stations in 15 southern Maine communities to serve as live-in students for the 2020-21 academic year. They have arrived before their college classes start so they can participate in an intensive, hands-on, firefighting academy where they will learn and practice dozens of skills […]
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School reopening debate reveals need for a system-wide response
As of this writing, Maine has the second-lowest rate of COVID-19 prevalence in the country. Granted, in the context of how our country is doing compared to the rest of the world, that’s not a very high bar. But what’s clear is that the cautious approach our state government, our local governments and the Maine […]
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Bean Hole bean supper takes place Aug. 29
The drive-up and take-home Bean Hole Bean Supper will take place at Blue Point Congregational Church, 236 Pine Point Road, Scarborough, on Saturday, Aug. 29. Pick up is between 3 and 5 p.m. The menu per person will include 8 oz. beans (navy beans, kidney bean or a combination), 4 oz. coleslaw, 4 oz. mac and […]
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Pauline Eunice Levin
SCARBOROUGH, Maine/PIERMONT, N.Y. – Pauline Eunice Levin, age 93, passed Aug. 10, 2020, at her home in Scarborough. She was born in Montreal in 1926, to John Harry Mathewson, a celebrated U.S. Naval officer and highway safety engineer, and his wife, Betty, a nurse, teacher and championship girls’ basketball team coach. As a “Navy brat,” […]
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Scarborough residents earn honors, graduate
Charlotte Pratt and Caroline Arpin were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore. Lexie Jamieson graduated Cum Laude after majoring in politics and Spanish at Bates College in Lewiston. Jamieson, the child of Neil D. Jamieson Jr. and Heather L. Jamieson of Scarborough, is a 2016 graduate […]
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Priestly ordination for Deacon Boucher to be live-streamed Aug. 22-23
BIDDEFORD — Despite the limitation on large gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the faithful will still be able to participate in both the Mass of Priestly Ordination and the Mass of Thanksgiving for Deacon Alexander R. Boucher on the weekend of Aug. 22-23. On Saturday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m., Bishop Robert P. Deeley […]
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VA Maine’s Caregiver Support Program Resource Fair takes place Aug. 26
SACO — The Veterans Administraion Maine Healthcare System Caregiver Support Program is holding a resource fair at Saco CBOC on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to provide veterans with information about the Veterans Administration and community programs. Veterans will be able to meet caregiver support staff. There will be promotional products […]