Enclave of Scarborough’s recent “Wear it Wednesday” theme included a “red white and blue Thank You Parade” for the Scarborough Police and Fire Department. According to Enclave associates, “It goes without saying, our local first responders do one heck of a job.” Posters were decorated by Enclave residents and associates, and balloons and streamers were […]
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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Creating 2021 budget not easy
Like everything else this year, the Scarborough municipal/school budget process has been trying, tiring, and sometimes a bit confusing. On June 24, the Town Council passed the municipal budget (gross budget increase of .7 percent and net budget decrease of -1.1 percent) and sent the school budget (gross budget increase of 2.8 percent and net […]
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Maine CASA to Hold an Online Training on Aug. 11-14
Interested in speaking up for a Maine child? The Maine Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program is holding its fall training for volunteer advocates on Aug. 11-14. The online, four-day training is free, and participants learn about all aspects of child advocacy. Maine CASAs are community volunteers who are appointed to serve as guardians ad […]
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Infrastructure improvement funding on OOB July 14 ballot
Voters to weigh in on whether to approve $1 million in local funds to pay for sewer work, more around Washington Street.
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Ronald McDonald House Receives $50,000 Donation from Saco & Biddeford Savings
The donation will support a 15-room expansion of RMHC Maine’s Portland House.
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Donna M.K. Rauschke
Donna M.K.(Grant) Rauschke, 83, of Scarborough passed away peacefully June 13, 2020, with her family by her side. After persevering through challenges presented with progressive Parkinson’s Disease, Donna’s body could not overcome the acute changes that occurred in the past month. A loving and devoted mother to her two daughters, Meridyth Astrosky and Krista Cushing, […]
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Biddeford sailor shifts fuel aboard 7th Fleet flagship
SULU SEA — Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Eric St. Amand, from Biddeford, shifts fuel between fuel tanks aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and, as 7th Fleet command ship, actively works to foster relationships with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific […]
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Local students graduate, earn honors
Jordan Stickles of Biddeford has graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the University celebrated its Spring 2020 Commencement on April 25 with a special virtual toast in honor of the graduating students. During an online celebration of Bowdoin College’s Class of 2020, held May 23, 2020, bachelor of arts […]
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Letters to the editor, July 2
America’s greatest holiday, the Fourth of July To the editor, Fly a Flag? Honor your veterans! Just not at Laurel Hill Cemetery — “It interferes with the weed wackers trimming around the grave stones,” says the grounds superintendent. For many years, the American Legion, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boy Scouts and many other volunteers […]
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Mill Voices: Pat Brown reminisces
Biddeford Mills Museum recorded interviews with more than 50 former Biddeford Mills employees in 2012 and 2013. This summer you can read excerpts from some of those videos right here in a series titled, “Mill Voices.” The full set of videos will be available for viewing at the Museum when we reopen later in the […]