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Age Friendly Saco looking for volunteers
SACO — Age Friendly Saco is looking for volunteers to assist with its latest program, Friendly Neighbors to help seniors from feeling isolated. Friendly Neighbors are kind, friendly people who care about older people in the Saco community. They want people to be able to remain in their homes but want to ensure they are […]
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Emily Tucker of Old Orchard Beach receives MPA Principal’s Award
Emily Tucker of Old Orchard Beach, a senior at Old Orchard Beach High School, has been selected to receive the 2022 Principal’s Award, according to school Principal John Suttie. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. “Throughout his/her years at OOBHS, […]
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Easter service at Old Orchard Beach Methodist Church
Old Orchard Beach Methodist Church, at the corner of Washington and Fountain avenues, holds services at 10 a.m. Sundays. To mark Easter, there will be a Maudy Thursday service, 5 p.m. April 14, and a Good Friday service 6 p.m. April 15. A sunrise service will be held at the beach at the end of […]
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‘Fiddler on the Roof’ returns to Thornton Academy
SACO — The Thornton Academy Players present “Fiddler on the Roof,” the award-winning musical about life in a Jewish community in a pre-revolutionary Russian village. The role of Tevye is played by Jack Tripp, a junior, who audiences will remember as King Claudius in Thornton’s production of “Hamlet” in fall 2021. “Jack really becomes Tevye […]
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York County vaccine clinic offers second booster, adjusts hours
SANFORD – The COVID-19 vaccine clinic operated by York County Emergency Management Agency at the Center for Shopping, 1364 Main St. in Sanford, has updated its hours and offerings. With the approval from Maine CDC, York County Vaccination Clinic will administer second booster doses for individuals age 50 and older beginning Thursday, March 31. The […]
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Prepared for a disaster? York County EMA wants to know
ALFRED – York County Emergency Management Agency is asking people to take a survey to help them learn how prepared residents are for disasters. “The agency is working with the University of New England to conduct qualitative and quantitative research to answer the question,” said Deputy Director Megan Arsenault. The data collected will assist local […]
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OOB scholarship dance is back
The Old Orchard Alumni Association welcomes the public to a Scholarship Fund Raising Dance Saturday, April 2, at Duffy’s Tavern in Old Orchard Beach from 7 to 10 p.m. Mark Andrews, who hosted several local weddings, anniversaries, prenuptial dances years ago (you remember The Rochambeau Club, St. Joe’s Hall, St. Jeans Hall) as well as […]
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Thornton Academy takes top two spots in Academic WorldQuest
SACO — Four seniors from Thornton Academy in Sacoare heading to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Academic WorldQuest National Championship after recently winning the Maine state competition. The team of Tony Bui, Mia Dau, Taylor Nelson, and Finn Robinson travel to the nation’s capital in April — Thornton Academy’s fourth trip to the championship […]
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The Olympic Journey of UNE’s Wayne Lamarre: An experience of a lifetime
Back on the Biddeford campus of the University of New England after a whirlwind few weeks in Beijing, China, UNE professor Wayne Lamarre fielded plenty of questions from students about his Olympic journey. “I have already been able to incorporate the experience into the classes that I teach,” he said. Lamarre, M.Ed., clinical professor and […]