BIDDEFORD — Road closure for emergency culvert repair work in Biddeford will impact drivers exiting Maine Turnpike Exit 32. The Biddeford Connector will be closed between Route 111 and Morin Street from Wednesday, July 26 at 7 a.m. through Friday, Aug. 11. Morin Street will remain accessible throughout the project. Detour signs will be placed […]
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A Pulitzer Prize Winner and the ‘Big Nate’ cartoonist headline Union Church’s summer speaker events
Union Church in Biddeford Pool will be hosting two speakers in August, both successful authors and each further distinguished by their towering and wildly divergent accomplishments: Barbara Walsh won a Pulitzer Prize in investigative journalism. Lincoln Peirce has for over 30 years drawn the hugely successful comic strip, Big Nate, now an animated TV series. […]
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From Augusta: Investing in Maine families
We’ve all heard stories like these. A baby is born early and needs to stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, possibly for weeks. The parents, exhausted and worried sick, do what they can to be at their child’s side, but neither has a paid family and medical leave benefit at their jobs, forcing them […]
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Old Orchard police arrest man on 3 counts of Class A trafficking drugs
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — An anonymous call to Old Orchard Beach Police Department on July 25 led to the arrest of a man charged with drug trafficking. The caller, according to police, said Randy Monroe, 61 years of Biddeford, also had several warrants for his arrest, was residing at 17 Cliff Ave. in Old Orchard […]
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Former Biddeford woman wins gold in her age group
BIDDEFORD — A woman, formerly of Biddeford, took home the gold in her age group at the USATF Masters Outdoors Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. Fifty-one-year-ole Crystal Corbeil Muse, a ninth year coach at Binghamton University in New York, coaches throwers. She also competed July 20 in the Hammer Throw, July 21 in the Shot […]
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Obituary: Lionel F. “Toots” Bouthot
BIDDEFORD — Lionel F. “Toots” Bouthot passed peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on July 2nd in Biddeford, shortly before his 94th birthday. Born in 1929 to parents Philip and Rose (Girouard) Bouthot, Toots became a well known local music performer at the age of 5 with his brother Donald and spent his lifetime entertaining […]
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Biddeford AMVETS install officers
BIDDEFORD — At a well-attended installation dinner, AMVETS Post 1 installed eight officers, the Ladies Auxiliary and Sons of AMVETS Squadron 1 each installed seven officers. Eric Rodzen, Department of Maine Sons of AMVETS Commander officiated with the oath of office for Squadron 1 officers. Denise Rodzen, Department of Maine AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary officiated installation […]
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JoAnne Fisk nominated as Biddeford’s next chief of police
BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford City Council has been asked to support City Manager James Bennett’s nomination of Interim Chief JoAnne Fisk as the City of Biddeford’s next chief of police. “I am pleased to nominate JoAnne for this position,” Bennett said. “Between her skillful leadership of the Department over the last six months of transition and […]
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Solar company opens up in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — Venture Solar leased 19 Pomerleau St. from MEC Realty, Inc. The company will use the more than 10,000-square-foot industrial facility for its office and warehouse needs. Noah Stebbins represented the landlord, and Claire Richardson represented the tenant. Venture Solar is based in Connecticut, with seven offices on the east coast. This will be […]
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AACOM announces Jane Carreiro, DO, as new chair-elect of Board of Deans
The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) elected of Jane Carreiro, DO, as the new chair-elect of its Board of Deans in June. Dr. Carreiro is vice president of Health Affairs and dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of New England (UNE COM). She succeeds Shane Speights, DO, who […]