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BIDDEFORD — A major capital campaign at Good Shepherd Parish to enhance facilities and ensure a viable home for area Catholics has raised over $1.5 million towards the campaign’s goal of $2 million. The parish is comprised of five worship sites — Most Holy Trinity Church, Saco; St. Joseph Church, Biddeford; St. Margaret Church, Old […]

Gramlich selected for Council of State Governments fellowship

August 18, 2022August 16, 2022

AUGUSTA – Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, has been selected for the Council of State Government’s 2022 Henry Toll Fellowship. She is one of just 48 chosen to participate in the fellowship, the nation’s premier leadership development program for state officials. Each year, the CSG Henry Toll Fellowship brings officials from all three […]

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Saco & Biddeford Savings donates $5,500 to Seeds of Hope unhoused patrons

August 18, 2022August 16, 2022

The contribution will support the addition of shower facilities.

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Postponed Family Fun Festival now a breakfast event

August 11, 2022August 9, 2022

BIDDEFORD — Extreme heat prompted Biddeford officials to postpone the annual Family Fun Festival this past weekend, but the event, now called the Family Fun BreakFast-ival, will take place Aug. 20. “We’ll be having a Family Fun “BreakFast-ival” from 9 a.m. to noon celebrating families and neighborhoods with free food, music, and activities,” organizers said. […]

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SMHC now offers screening mammograms without referrals

by Tammy Wells August 11, 2022August 9, 2022

BIDDEFORD — Southern Maine Health Care has expanded mammogram screening services to reach all women in York County, whether or not they are current patients, hospital officials have announced. Director of Communications and Public Affairs Alison Kenty said women living in Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Arundel, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Sanford, Springvale, Lebanon, Shapleigh, Newfield, North […]

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Ribbon cutting Thursday for new Biddeford business

August 11, 2022August 9, 2022

BIDDEFORD — Chaya Studio Jewelry recently opened in Biddeford and on Thursday, Aug. 11, there will be a soldering demonstration at the studio, and the Biddeford & Saco Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting at The Hidden Gem in honor of the new business. On Thursday, there will be informal networking and refreshments […]

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Wave goodbye to summer, say hello to fall

by Wendy Brown Library Assistant, Libby Memorial Library August 11, 2022August 4, 2022

Things heated up in July, at least with regard to the temperature, and then, just like that, the last week heading into the last month of our too-short summer things cooled off a bit, and July reminded us that fall is barreling toward us. Not to worry too much though, there is still some summer […]

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Library Links: The granite kiss

by Melanie Taylor Coombs Adult Services Supervisor/Librarian, McArthur Public Library August 11, 2022August 9, 2022

Mr. Morin lived next door to me when I was growing up. On weekends he would go out to abandoned farmhouses and follow the stone walls to a corner of the property where two walls intersected marking boundaries. There he would dig, scraping through layers of refuse left behind by long ago occupants of the […]