The historic ‘Marble Block’ property on Main Street in Biddeford will be redeveloped with the help of a credit enhancement agreement from the city.
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From Augusta: Doing more to support Mainers’ mental health care
According to Maine’s Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Maine), one out of every five adults in the United States experience mental illness each year. For youth ages six through 17, it is one out of every six. When you factor in family members, friends, colleagues and others, this means that just […]
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USDA state director and Senator Angus King visit Biddeford boatyard to announce grant
Saco Bay Marine lifts up businesses helping to make green energy part of Maine’s blue economy.
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‘Forever Plaid’ the musical on stage at City Theater in Biddeford beginning March 8
BIDDEFORD — City Theater is taking a trip back in time with their next musical, “Forever Plaid,” opening March 8. Known as one of the most popular and successful musicals in recent memory, Stuart Ross wrote “Forever Plaid” as an homage to the close harmony “guy groups” of the 1950s, like The Four Aces and […]
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Ruralist Lament: You don’t need a weatherman 2 know …
Taking a brief break from felling and working up next year’s cordwood (and a couple weeks beyond Punxsutawney Phil’s prognostication) a mid-winter musing intrudes. Ruralist wisdom has long held that “Half your wood and half your hay, you should have at Candlemas Day” — Candlemas Day being what we now call “Groundhog Day.” That’s still […]
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Biddeford to receive federal grant to support clean energy project
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) provided a grant to Saco Bay Marine LLC. The boatyard, transitioning to clean energy in Biddeford, was awarded a $28,710 grant to install rooftop solar. It’s estimated this 19-kilowatt (kW) roof mounted solar photovoltaic system will generate more […]
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Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of 2017 lawsuit against Biddeford police
Susan Johnson and Jocelyne Welch alleged that a Biddeford police officer’s actions led landlord James Pak to shoot and kill their teenage children in 2012.
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‘Have a Heart and get a Heart’ and sign up as organ donor
Biddeford Mayor Martin Grohman celebrated Valentine’s Day a day early on Feb. 13 by joining New England Donor Services, the federally designated nonprofit organ procurement organization responsible for the identification and transplantation of organ and tissue in Maine and throughout New England for their “Have a Heart and get a Heart” campaign. To take part […]
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AMVETS donate $1,500 to BHS 2024 Project Sunrise
BIDDEFORD — In a short ceremony, AMVETS Post 1 presented a check of $1,500 to officers of Project Sunrise. Project Sunrise Heather Barrow said Project Sunrise means a lot to the graduating seniors. “My son participated in Project Sunrise 2022. This year my twin daughters are part of Project Sunrise 2024.” “It is a way […]
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Biddeford High School 2023-2024 announces quarter 2 honor roll
Grade 12 High Honors: Logan Allaire, Ysabel Arsenault, William Atwater, Madeline Barrow, Victoria Barrow, Cameron Bourque, Chloe Cadorette, Tatiana Carty, Emily Corbeil, Katherine Dallaire, Andrew Ellis II, Danielle Emerson, Dillon Emerson, Mikala Friedel, Addison Girard, Djordan Goma, Matthew Gonneville, Kendall Goulet, Riley Langevin, Gino Mariello, Alec Martin, Alexa Moreau, Kylie Parent, Iainn Parker, Sarah Parks, Sean Peck, Tyson Pelletier, Tyler Plourde, […]