Each community retains their own school board and each school department their own policies, but there have been collaborations and savings, Ray said.
Tammy Wells
Tammy Wells came to the Biddeford-Saco Old Orchard Beach Courier and Kennebunk Post from the now-defunct Journal Tribune, where she was a staff writer for 22 years. She's enjoyed writing about old soldiers, quilt shows and big floods, the high school marching band, murder trials and the big bust that everyone hoped would put a dent in the drug trade for a while. She believes citizens need to know about the mil rate and why one road is getting paved and another one isn’t, what exciting new business is moving to town, what company is leaving and how much it costs to run a school. Tammy was raised in New Brunswick, Canada. She enjoys photographic excursions throughout rural Maine and New Hampshire with her husband, reading, their cats Skippy and Lola, and small Canadian islands in Passamaquoddy Bay.
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Biddeford to examine ways to aid homeless
There were 24 people counted as homeless in the city in a January survey for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Foster grandparents, senior companions wanted in Biddeford, Saco, OOB
Qualified people age 55 and older can tutor or mentor a young person, or run errands and visit with an elder in their community.
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Saco, Old Orchard Beach awarded federal funds to help wastewater plant projects
The awards were among six in York County and 92 statewide recently announced by US Sen. Angus King.
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Saco council expresses reluctance with years-old affordable housing proposal
The plan would see the city turn over about 1.32 acres of land it owns for senior citizen housing, but environmental cleanup was conducted using open space bond funds.
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Fecteau affordable housing bill draws support, detractors
The House Speaker pointed out that 1 in 5 Mainers spend 50 percent of their income on housing.
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Bouquet purchases help Saco nonprofit
SACO — Consumers can brighten their day with a bouquet of flowers that gives back to the local community. Safe House has been selected by Saco Hannaford store leadership as the benefiting nonprofit in the brand-new Hannaford Bloomin’ 4 Good Program for the month of March, and will receive a $1 donation from every Bloomin’ […]
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7 Biddeford businesses allegedly sold liquor to minors
Biddeford Police Department noted that an additional 12 businesses they checked were in compliance with Maine’s underage liquor laws.
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Biddeford AMVETS Post 1 breakfast benefits food pantry
Proceeds from the September through April monthly meals are each earmarked for charitable organizations.
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BSOOB says app will help riders plan trips
BIDDEFORD — People looking to get there, from here, as the Maine expression goes, can now check Google Maps for Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Transit information. “This BSOOB Transit partnership with Google will allow people to better understand the transit network, bus schedules, and create individualized trip plans,” said Executive Director Chad Heid. “The system details […]