Do you feel that nip in the air? We are full swing into fall, the leaves are changing, and the gardens are producing their last bursts of color and fruit before they go to sleep for winter. My tomatoes are coming in like gangbusters, and I’m hoping that I can harvest a few red ones, […]
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Sharri MacDonald, Donna Bailey vie for Senate District 31 seat
SD 31 includes Buxton, Old Orchard Beach and Saco.
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Retired teachers vie for RSU 23 School Board seat
Three Old Orchard Beach Town Council candidates and the town clerk are unopposed in their bids for re-election.
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York County EMA offers monkeypox vaccine
The shots are available for those eligible at Suite 7, The Center for Shopping, 1364 Main St., Sanford. Hours are 1-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard impact was $1.3 billion in 2021
More than 1,500 people from York County work at the 222-year-old Kittery facility, which maintains and repairs submarines.
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A little ‘liquid sunshine’ closes out summer tourism season in Maine
Despite a rainy end to the Labor Day weekend, business owners say they had a great summer season.
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Impaired driving spike in Saco prompts driver education campaign
While Kennebunk police arrested six people for OUI in five hours during a recent special sobriety checkpoint, police there and in Kennebunkport say many people seem to be getting rides home after a night out.
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Monkeypox vaccine available starting Saturday at York County clinic
The York County Vaccination Clinic will begin offering the Monkeypox vaccine starting Saturday, Aug 27. York County Emergency Management Agency officials said in Maine, Monkeypox vaccine is available to people of all ages who meet at least one of these criteria: recipients must be gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men; transgender, […]
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Library Links: Falling into autumn at Libby Memorial Library in Old Orchard Beach
Right outside the window of the children’s area in Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach, looking toward the ocean, is the most gorgeous and enormous apple tree that I think I’ve ever seen. I was admiring it from the Children’s Area circulation desk at the Libby Memorial Library the other day and noting the beautiful […]
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Meet Old Orchard Beach Police Chief Elise Chard
“I’ve had great opportunity here. It is a great community,” said Chard. “I have no desire to go anywhere else.”