York County Shelter Programs has received a one-year grant of $10,000 from United Way of York County. Half of the grant will go towards YCSP’s Food Pantry, and half will be used for psychiatric services, according to shelter Director Megan Gean-Gendron. The Alfred-based shelter serves clients from all over York County. York County Shelter Programs […]

BIDDEFORD — City of Biddeford employees paraded past Southern Maine Health Care and nearby health care facilities on Thursday to say thank you to the community’s hardworking medical professionals and hospital staff. More than 20 vehicles from the Fire, Police, Public Works, Code Enforcement and Recreation Departments, as well as two school buses from the […]

SACO — Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, Maine’s oldest bank, announced the recent promotions of two longtime employees to branch manager positions. Joe Reardon, who most recently served as branch manager of SBSI’s Westbrook location, will now lead the bank’s Portland and South Portland branches as vice president, branch manager. Katrina Desjardins will assume Reardon’s […]

BIDDEFORD — Residents can now dispose of brush, leaves, and grass clippings at the Biddeford Recycling Center at 371 Hill St. Contractors are asked to seek alternative methods of disposal of waste and brush until further notice. With brush disposal services resuming at the Recycling Center, the temporary curbside brush disposal program for storm damage […]

SACO — Maris Podgurski is Thornton Academy’s valedictorian for the Class of 2020. As valedictorian, Podgurski has the highest Grade Point Average (GPA) of all the students in TA’s senior class this year. Podgurski hails from Arundel and lives with her parents, Greg and Atsuko Podgurski. Throughout her seven years at Thornton Academy in Saco, […]

The $127,000 is for Phase II improvements.