More than $30,000 in grants from the Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) will support hospice services in southern Maine. MaineCF’s Hospice Fund committee awarded five grants totaling $29,5000. Donors with advised funds awarded three additional grants that totaled $7,000. The 2022 grantees include: • Center for Grieving Children, Portland, to provide peer-support groups for grieving children […]
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September training event to address climate change, coastal erosion
SACO — Save our Shorelines: Saco Bay (SOS Saco Bay) announces its first annual conference on Coastal Erosion at Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center in Saco on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The conference will focus on the dual threats of climate change and coastal erosion. Coastal Erosion is a naturally occurring process, but at Camp […]
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From Augusta – Thank you to a ‘warm community’ of friends and neighbors
Elizabeth Taylor. Sheryl Crow. Mary Tyler Moore. And you can add me, Representative Traci Gere, to that list. No, I haven’t suddenly become famous, although I have been known to belt out “Soak Up the Sun” on a beautiful Maine summer day. Rather, I have joined the list of people diagnosed with a meningioma, a […]
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Music will continue to fill the parks this summer in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — With three weeks of Music in the Park left this summer and the River Jam Festival just around the corner, Heart of Biddeford wants the community to know that some of the best entertainment is yet to come. The remaining Music in the Park events are Wednesday nights, July 27, Aug. 3 and […]
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Giant-ER Annual Book Sale at the Dyer Library
Yesterday was the Great Book Carry Down Day. A significant number of intrepid volunteers showed up to help as we slid hundreds of bags and boxes of books down a corrugated plastic, homemade ramp on the attic stairs. In the 16 years I’ve worked here, the book sale has steadily grown both in the number […]
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Deadline for Biddeford Hall of Fame nominations July 28
BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center (BCHC) would like to remind the community that the deadline for nominations for the 2022 Biddeford Hall of Fame is July 28. The Biddeford Hall of Fame is an annual BCHC program, now in its fifth year, that recognizes and celebrates the citizens of Biddeford or non-residents […]
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St. André Home’s CourageLIVES to present “Beauty Remains: The Truth on Trafficking” virtual event on July 27
BIDDEFORD —Carey Nason, the executive director of St. André Home, will host a free, virtual event entitled “Beauty Remains: The Truth on Trafficking” on Wednesday, July 27, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. to help participants better understand human trafficking and exploitation, what is happening around us, how to identify victims, and what we can […]
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Road closure on lower Main Street in Biddeford on July 21
BIDDEFORD — A full road closure on lower Main Street in Biddeford will take place on Thursday, July 21 starting at about 4 a.m. until the estimated completion time of 1 p.m. During this time, a 30-inch diameter sewer pipe to be used in upcoming storm drain work will be moved across the road. Access […]
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Third times a charm – ecomaine tags contamination
Staff from the single-sort recycling facility will continue to conduct educational campaign in Maine communities.
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McArthur Library offers a summer of mayhem, murder, mystery
What a beautiful summer so far, cool, dry, lovely. Mine has been filled with hiking, biking and kayaking and of course, really great books! Some of my favorite authors have released titles recently; Paul Doiron (Mike Bowditch Series), Linda Castillo (Kate Burkholder Series), David Rosenfelt (Andy Carpenter Series), Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway Series). Obviously, I […]