One of the best parts of serving our community in the Maine House of Representatives is connecting with local folks who are doing incredible work right here in Old Orchard Beach and nearby communities. I was reminded of this recently when I had the opportunity to tour the Sam L. Cohen Adult Day Center. The […]
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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Realizing Robert McArthur’s vision
A few minutes ago, a very nice gentleman came to print a document from his phone. Our Wi-Fi printing is a bit touchy sometimes, and if you stand about 20 feet from the printer to send the document, it works great! If you are standing next to the machine, it doesn’t recognize the connection. Such […]
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Letters Jan. 30
To the residents of Saco and Biddeford, My thanks to all who were in the heavy traffic congestion by Saco Middle School and those trying to enter Industrial Park Road headed to Portland via the Maine Turnpike on Thursday, Jan. 23 when an ambulance with flashing lights and blaring siren entered the traffic. Because you […]
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Community Jan. 30
Maine Catholic youth to score donations during “Souper” Bowl of Caring on Feb. 1-2 SACO — While the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will be racking up points during Sunday’s Super Bowl, young Catholics from around Maine will be busy scoring donations to benefit those in need through the “Souper” Bowl of Caring. […]
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Obituary: Jeanne M. Lowel
Jeanne M. Lowell, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Jan. 12, 2020. Jeanne was born in Hico, Texas, and raised in Toledo, Ohio, where she graduated from the University of Toledo with a bachelor’s in education. She taught kindergarten through third grade for four years in the San Diego city schools. She met […]
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Town & Country FCU announces new hires
SCARBOROUGH — Town & Country Federal Credit Union has announced two new hires who have joined the organization in newly-created positions. Both new staff members will be based out of the Town & Country Operations Center in Scarborough. Daniel Funk joins the credit union in the newly-created position of Senior Project Manager, according to a […]
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Online property tax payments now available
After many requests from our citizens, effective Feb. 3, 2020, The Town of Scarborough, working with JP Morgan Chase & Co., will begin accepting real estate and personal property tax payments online. Only property tax payments may be made online at the present time. JP Morgan Chase & Co. will charge the following fees to […]
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University students from Scarborough earn top honors
Local students made the University of Vermont dean’s list. To make the list students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class in their respective college or school. Scarborough residents named to the dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester include Simon Belliveau and […]
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Governor Mills: The “Made for Maine Health Coverage Act” will improve health insurance for Maine people and small businesses.
Campaigning across the state in 2018, I met so many people worried that they’ll never be able to afford health care. Small business owners bracing for unpredictable hikes in costs for the health insurance their employees all need to stay healthy and stay working. Seniors who are rationing prescription drug medications – or worse, going […]
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Library Links: Festival that aides Saco organization is wrapped up
Even though the sometimes tedious task of lots of wrapping (of gifts) is still fresh in many people’s memories, I’d like to take a moment to wrap-up something else: our 15th Festival of Trees concluded a couple of weeks ago. As I write this, the vacuum cleaner is making a valiant effort to collect a […]