BATON ROUGE, La. — The following Scarborough residents attending the University of Southern Maine were recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: Laura Eberly and Eleanor Udeh. They are among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be […]
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.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Sewer work on Main Street Biddeford to begin May 4
BIDDEFORD — As more businesses open, and more cars hit the roads, with the lifting of some restrictions by Gov. Janet Mills on May 1, drivers along lower Maine Street in Biddeford should expect delays as sewer separation work begins there the week of May 4. Construction will take place on Main Street between Alfred […]
advertisement
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Raymond W. Foran Jr.
SACO — Raymond W. Foran Jr., 76 of Locke Street, passed away April 22, 2020, at his residence. He was born in Biddeford Jan. 13, 1944, the son of Raymond and Rachel Dionne Foran Sr. Raymond attended local schools and graduated from Thornton Academy. He was first employed by Biddeford Hardware for 10 years and […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Charles Antonacos
BIDDEFORD — Charles Antonacos of Biddeford died Friday, April 24, 2020, after a almost two years of fighting a rare leukemia (myelodysplastic syndrome and myeloproliferative neoplasm). He was born in Biddeford on Feb. 12, 1933, to Arthur and Esther (Spirounias) Antonacos, one of two children. After attending public schools in Biddeford, he completed undergraduate studies […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Ralph R. Loranger
FARMINGTON, Conn. — Ralph R. Loranger, 74, passed away at the UConn Medical Center in Farmington, Connecticut, on Sunday, April 19 from complications related to COVID-19. He was born in Biddeford on July 18, 1945, to Ralph A. and Lorraine A. (St. Louis) Loranger. Ralph graduated from Biddeford High School in 1966, and moved to […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
James Milton Coughlin
VERNON, Conn. — Jim Coughlin, 86, was born in Dexter, Maine, on Nov. 14, 1934. He passed away on April 21, after a long struggle with kidney disease. After growing up in Maine, he served his country in the United States Army. After his service ended he and his former wife, Nancy Carswell Coughlin, relocated […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Walking and biking in Saco focus of new committee
To the editor, The Saco Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meets monthly. For the duration of the pandemic, Saco City Hall remains closed, so meetings will be via the Zoom app. The next meeting is scheduled for May 6 at 7 p.m. Information on joining the May 6 Zoom meeting is available by sending a […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club continues serving local communities
Members meet through Zoom.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
OOB man dies in Scarborough crash
SCARBOROUGH — Shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, April 27, Scarborough Police Department’s Marine Resource Officer discovered a vehicle submerged in the marsh on Pine Point Road near the Eastern Trail during low tide. The lone operator of the vehicle, Christopher Thompson, 19, of Old Orchard Beach was found deceased in the vehicle. The vehicle was […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Priscille Claire Fradette
SACO —Priscille Claire Fradette “Cille” passed away in the early morning hours on March 9, 2020, at Baptist Hospital Jacksonville, Florida, after a brief battle with breast cancer. Born Jan. 4, 1943, in Biddeford, Maine, to Rita and Roland Boisvert, oldest of five children, Priscille was a 1961 graduate of Old Orchard Beach High School. […]