The honor goes to retired hospital administrator Jean Saunders.
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UNE students help brighten downtown Biddeford for the holidays
BIDDEFORD — Twenty students from the University of New England recently fanned out in downtown Biddeford on a sunny Saturday morning to spread holiday cheer and brighten the holidays for residents and those less fortunate. The event was held a bit earlier in the season this year, but students had no idea temperatures would be […]
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Presentation on forests and climate change takes place Nov. 10
Saco Valley Land Trust and Scarborough Land Trust have teamed up to offer a presentation and Q&A by Tom Doak of Maine Woodland Owners, focused on the impacts of climate change to Maine’s forests, and what people can do to protect and improve forested lands for the future. The presentation and Q&A will be held […]
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Local students make spring semester 2022 dean’s list
Local students making the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Maine Farmington include: Will Harriman, Honors; Anna Lavigne, Honors, all of Biddeford; Hattie Dunton, Honors; Theo Estevao, Honors, all of Old Orchard Beach; and from Saco: Dylan Griffin, Honors; Emily Ireland, High Honors; Abby Pomerleau, High Honors; Katie Sewell, High Honors; Bridget Stephenson, […]
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Hike in your backyard at Horton Woods in Saco
SACO — Often unnoticed by busy travelers on Saco’s North Street/Route 112 corridor, Horton Woods offers an alluring sanctuary for all who pause to discover it. Within the boundaries of this wildlife preserve — obtained in 2007 by the City of Saco under the Lands for Saco’s Future program — is a network of some three […]
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Efficiency Maine offers $100 rebate on home weatherization products
The rebates are designed to help Maine people save money this winter.
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Biddeford Public Works, veterans team-up to install vandalized flagpole
Biddeford Public Works and AMVETS Post 1 became a “fast response” team to meet an emergent need; install a flagpole in time for the Biddeford-Saco Veterans Day parade ceremony. Sometime Oct. 22, Biddeford’s Veterans Memorial Park was assaulted by vandals. The flagpole with the POW/MIA flag was broken off at ground level and the flag […]
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Biddeford to conduct architectural survey through September 2023
BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford Historic Preservation Commission is about to embark on a project to document historic buildings in the downtown and surrounding areas of the city, according to a city press release. The project, called an Architectural Survey, will be conducted by Kleinfelder, Northeast, Inc., a consultant the city hired through a competitive RFP […]
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Biddeford girl honored with Girl Scouts Local Gold Award
BIDDEFORD — Girl Scouts of Maine recognized Ayla Clark from Biddeford as one of the latest Gold Award Girl Scouts in Maine who identified the root cause of pressing issues in their communities, created sustainable solutions, and took action to earn the Gold Award: Girl Scouts’ highest achievement, according to a Girl Scouts of Maine […]
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Library Links OOB: We gather together and give thanks
The sky is a flat, steely-gray expanse, rendering the ocean below it a pale slate lapping against the ash-colored sand so that the lifeless landscape stretches into forever. My usually colorful view from Old Orchard Beach’s Libby Memorial Library Children’s Room windows is just one, solid, cold, misty, gray panorama. One might think that such […]