BIDDEFORD —”March is always a long month in schools,” said Nancy Naimey, principal of St. James School in Biddeford. “So, we thought, “Let’s try to plan a month long initiative that promotes our S.A.F.E. mission each day.’” The result? “March Madness” and a schedule of events and activities that celebrate the school’s commitment to S.A.F.E. […]
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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York County Republicans to Meet at Wells Library ON March 11
There is a day and location for York County Republican Committee monthly meetings for 2020. It will now be held the second Wednesday of the month in the new Community Program Room at the Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road, U.S. Route 1. The next meeting will be Wednesday, March 11. Doors open 6:30 p.m.; […]
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Free Baptist Church has new pastor
Sometimes known as the Eight Corners Church, The Scarborough Free Baptist Church has a new pastor. Pastor Michael Dalton joined the staff of the church in October and will compliment Pastor Ron Robinson as co-pastors. Scarborough Free Baptist Church began as a church in 1831 in Cape Elizabeth, and 10 years later moved to Eight […]
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UNE College of Dental Medicine students provide free care to children during national event
University of New England dental students, faculty, and professional staff provided 46 children with free oral health education, dental screenings, cleanings, fluoride, and sealants as part of Give Kids A Smile, the American Dental Association Foundation’s annual volunteer initiative. Children from Old Orchard Beach’s Jameson Elementary School and Loranger Memorial School came to UNE’s Oral […]
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Sister Dorothy Violette
BIDDEFORD — Sister Dorothy Violette, formerly known as Sister St. Viola, died at St. Joseph Convent on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at the age of 87. Sister Dorothy was born in Van Buren, Maine, on Oct. 30, 1932, to Leo E. Violette and Ann Cyr Violette. Sister was the fourth child in a family of […]
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Saco Middle School students earn honors
High Achievement, eighth grade: Jaydon Agosto, Rory Beaudoin, Erik Butts, Amelia Carestia, Alexander Chan, Jason Chen, Jeremiah Chessie, Boston Cochrane, Jazmyn Cote, Lindsay DesRoberts, Rachael Fox, Nora Freeman, Faegan Gray, Kalina Kontsas, Allison Lefebvre, Renee LeProhon, Emma Lizotte, Laura Lynch, Tyler MacVane, Jack Mahoney, Hannah Nguyen, Catherine Nightingale, Aleksandar Rakovic, Guinevere Robbins, Sebastian Shields, Cody […]
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Scarborough High School announces 2019-20 quarter 2 honor roll
Senior High Honors: Madison Blanche, Maya Brooks, Grace Carriero, Dakota Donahue, Nina Greeley, Kellie Guerette, Jacob Lewis, Madison Marinko, Aaron Mooney, Sophie Poirier, Isaac Theriault, Amy Topchik, Ashley Washington, Bambi Zhuang. Senior Honors: Elizabeth Albahary, Ainslie Allen, Zachary Alofs, Jason Andrews, Zachary Arnold, Brian Austin, Zoe Averill, Joshua Baba, Varun Basani, Dimaggio Bellino, Madison Blanchard, […]
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To build a strong economy, we must invest in people
Last year, the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development put out the Maine Economic Development Strategy, a nonpartisan roadmap to growing our economy and addressing some of our biggest obstacles in the next 10 years. At the center of this plan is the notion that people are central to Maine’s economy, and therefore our […]
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Student contest and nonprofit grant available
Maine State Bar Association Announces 2020 Law Day Contests Maine students in grades four through 12 are invited to submit entries for this year’s Law Day contests sponsored by the Maine State Bar Association. This year’s theme is “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100.” Students in grades 4-8 may participate […]
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RSU 21 students to communicate to outer space
The school unit is one of 10 schools in the nation chosen to converse with astronauts about the International Space Station.