Class of 2022 First Honors: Reese Ahearn, Allison Arsenault, Meagan Arsenault, Kayley Auger, Taylor Beaulieu, Colby Bilodeau, Conner Boisvert, Jonathan Branco, Pablo Calvo De La Fuente, Benjamin Cobb, Naleah Cobleigh, Kristen Costa, Roman Crossetti, Khanh (Mia) Dau, Abrial Davis, Ezra Davis, Lilly DesRoberts, Gabriella Ellis, Martim Esteves Gomes, Emma Ferland, Ronan Flynn, Abigail Fox, Mikas […]
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Eric Purvis receives Rotary award
Eric Purvis, left, received the Private Sector Award from the Biddeford Saco Rotary Club for his years of service to and leadership of Thornton Academy, and for his efforts to make Thornton a first class school for its students and staff. Purvis has been the President of Thornton’s Board of Trustees since 2009. Purvis is […]
The Center for Grieving Children Kicks off its 35th year anniversary at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre on July 19
The event will feature live music from the Don Campbell Band, a curated silent auction from local businesses and hors d’oeuvres from Blue Elephant of Saco.
Biddeford to hold blood drive on July 12
BIDDEFORD — The City of Biddeford will host a community blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross of Northern New England on Tuesday, July 12. The city’s inspiration for hosting the upcoming Blood Drive is Kenny, a four-year-old Biddeford resident who is fighting Childhood Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor, also known as ATRT. Atypical […]
Applications are open for NVME online entrepreneurship training
New Ventures Maine (NVME) has an open call for Venturing Forth: Business Planning for Entrepreneurs, a tuition-free, comprehensive, online course starting Aug. 23. For new entrepreneurs or existing business owners, Venturing Forth helps participants create a written business plan from start to finish with feedback from facilitators and fellow entrepreneurs. The 14-week course covers topics […]
Cutts Avenue to Elm Street in Saco will be one-lane for about 14 months
As of July 13 (or as soon as the street is posted), the City of Saco will convert Cutts Avenue into a one-way street going from Main Street to Elm Street for over one year. This change is to maintain road safety during a construction project at 28 Cutts Ave. During the project, a large […]
New hours for BSOOB Transit
As of Monday, July 11, BSOOB Transit expanded its customer service hours. This seasonal increase in hours will provide more opportunity for customers to add value to their DiriGo smartcards, gather bus scheduling information and any other service customers may need to get to their final destination. The new hours are: Monday, Thursday and Friday […]
Travis Mills Foundation to host first open house of 2022
The public is welcomed to attend the first open house of 2022 at the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat, located in Rome, Maine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6. The event includes tours of the main Retreat building, the newly renovated Marbury House from the original Elizabeth Arden estate, which now serves […]
Saco Middle School 2021-22 quarter 4 honor roll
Grade 8 High Honors: De’Shaun Alston, Milica Andric, Lily Bassett, Coralyn Bolduc, Mya Case, Alexzandra Cebula, Jacklyn Christy-Milligan, Mark Clinch, Addyson Cyr, Kaiya Daley, Haylie Duhamel, Beck Edgerly, Elodie Falardeau, Sophia Farago-Dumsch, Julia Gilbert, Mikayla Goulet, Trinnity Hall, Misha Hankston, Eli Harbour, Miley Hawkins, Jonas Hollenbeck, Jackson Howard, Lillian Johnson, Benjamin Knox, Isabelle Knox, Taylor Laflamme, […]
Maine Community Bank’s Jahnna Steindl, vice president, branch manager accepts new role at Biddeford branch
BIDDEFORD — Jahnna Steindl has accepted the opportunity to oversee the Main Street Branch of Biddeford Savings in Biddeford, which is part of Maine Community Bank. Steindl has been with the bank since July of last year and was most recently vice president, branch manager of the new Westbrook branch of Biddeford Savings. She has […]