The York County Farmers Network and York County Soil and Water Conservation District’s recent winter breakfast meeting culminated the 75th Anniversary of the district. The feature presentation of the meeting was recognition of the 2019 Outstanding Forestry Award to Richard Rhames of Biddeford, and the 2019 Outstanding Conservation Award went to Snell Family Farm of […]
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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Letters to the editor Feb. 13
Boomberg should be Democratic presidential nominee To the editor, On Feb. 3rd, my wife and I went up to Scarborough to see Mayor Mike Bloomberg speak at his new campaign headquarters. I am convinced that he is the Democratic candidate that can free us from the rampant incompetence of the current administration. Mike is everything […]
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Sister Estelle Leblanc
BIDDEFORD — Sister Estelle Leblanc, formerly known as Sister Estelle Marie, died at St. Joseph Convent, Biddeford, ME on Feb. 11, 2020 at the age of 98. Sister Estelle was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Jan.12, l922, to Eugene LeBlanc and Angelie Allard Leblanc. Sister Estelle was the first born of a family of four […]
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Nor’easter Catholic focused on enhancing faith at University of New England in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD—It’s just before 8 p.m. on Sunday night and students gather inside the St. Francis Room of Jack S. Ketchum Library on the Biddeford campus of the University of New England. The draw is not a lecture or study group. It’s a weekly, on-campus Mass, one of the many opportunities for building community and enhancing […]
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Residents asked to participate in adopt a fire hydrant program
Now that we are in the heart of the winter season I wanted to remind everyone of the Scarborough Fire Department’s Adopt a Hydrant program. In Scarborough we have a variety of different types of fire hydrants. Our community is so large we are actually covered by two separate water districts. The Portland Water District […]
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Governor Mills: I urge Maine people to vote No on 1
A little more than a month ago, the residents of a city in central China began getting terribly sick with a virus that no one had seen before. As that virus spread, one of the first things that public health officials did was begin to work on a vaccine because vaccines save lives. They are […]
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Stacy Brenner announces state Senate campaign for District 30
SCARBOROUGH — Stacy Brenner, a Democrat from Scarborough is the latest to throw her hat into the ring for Senate District 30. Brenner seeks to replace retiring Democratic Senator Linda Sanborn. Brenner is an organic farmer and small business owner. She founded and operates Broadturn Farm in Scarborough. She is a graduate of the University […]
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Scarborough students receive honors
The following Scarborough students have been named to the Dean’s List or President’s List at their respective college or university. Sean Bowers, Grace Bailer, Erin MacDonald, Sophia Koziell, Dreyton Dill, Lauren Topchik, Taylor Marinko, Alyssa Ostrowski, Jared Nelson, Erin Shell, Andrew Simons and Thomas Vachon have been named to the Dean’s List at the University […]
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Local area offers plenty to do in cold weather
Winter is officially half over. It can be hard to find ways to stay active outdoors during the winter, especially living in a city. If the winter blues has you feeling stuck inside, take a look at some of these fun, outdoor activities that are right out your front door. Take on the second half […]