Megan Arsenault was working in animal welfare and was deployed to Joplin, Missouri, to help that city’s animals when a tornado ripped through the city in 2011. That, she said, is when she became hooked on emergency management.
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Biotechnology now employs nearly 10,000 workers in Maine
An industry report said jobs with life sciences companies in the state have an average salary of more than $100,000.
Cambridge, Mass. man dies in Saco crash
As of Wednesday, Sept. 21, the cause of the crash remained under investigation.
First-Ever Regenerative Real Estate Gathering held in Saco at River Bend Farm
SACO — River Bend Farm served as the site of the first-ever Regenerative Real Estate Gathering in late August. The Ecology School co-hosted the event with Latitude Regenerative Real Estate, a global community of real estate “Change Agents” that helps guide real estate buyers, sellers, developers, and community stakeholders to create and transform the built […]
From behind the school desk to building the school
Great Falls Construction completes construction of Young School addition in Saco.
Massachusetts man killed in Saco crash
Allan Zenowitz, 94, was killed Tuesday afternoon when a Mercedes struck a traffic light pole on Main Street in Saco.
Saco meals program is back
Saco Meals Program has re-opened and is looking forward to having guests return for a free, nutritious meal and community fellowship. Prior to its closure due to COVID, the program was serving 65-80 guests per night, but since re-opening is only seeing about half that amount. The program’s mission is to feed the food-insecure in […]
Obituary: Lisa Cyr
SACO — Lisa M. Cyr, 56, of Saco, ME passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2022. Lisa was born on January 24, 1966, to Joseph and Laurette (Lavoie) Beaulieu. She was educated in Biddeford Schools, graduating from Biddeford High School in 1984. After high school, Lisa took classes so she could become a CNA. Lisa […]
Obituary: John Merry Jr.
SACO — John C. Merry Jr., 93, of Saco, Maine peacefully passed from this life with his children by his side on September 8, 2022. John ‘Jack’ was born in Manchester, NH on June 10, 1929, son of John C. Merry, Sr. and Gertrude Lydia (Fitzgerald) Merry. Jack was the epitome of an optimist; he was […]
Hike in your backyard on The Atlantic Trail
SACO — Just a few hundred yards from Saco’s popular Bayview Beach and Kinney Shores neighborhood lies a peaceful pathway that seems a world away. The trail is known as the Atlantic Trail, extending a little over a mile from Seaside Avenue (Route 9) to Atlantic Way in the Wildwood neighborhood. Here, virtually in the backyard […]