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Dina Mendros Courier/Lakes Region Weekly

Dina is Executive Editor for the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, the Kennebunk Post, the Scarborough Leader and the South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Sentry. She is a born and bred Mainer living in Saco.

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  • Published
    May 28, 2021

    US Rep. Pingree asks DHS secretary to review opening ICE facility in Scarborough

    The 1st District congresswoman highlights the lack of transparency, stakeholder participation, and opposition from the community.

  • Published
    May 28, 2021

    Scarborough celebrates Memorial Day

    As we approach the Memorial Day weekend I thought it appropriate to remind everyone why we celebrate this special holiday. I also wanted to highlight the various organizations that come together for Scarborough’s annual celebration each year. Memorial Day was borne out of the American Civil War and was first observed in 1868 as Decoration […]

  • Published
    May 28, 2021

    Be watershed friendly sign placed on Scarborough roads

    The Friends of Scarborough Marsh and the Scarborough Department of Public Works recently collaborated to install 10 “Be Watershed Friendly” signs along local roadways in Scarborough. The sign locations were selected to highlight the boundaries of the Scarborough Marsh Watershed, which is the drainage basin that supplies fresh water to the Scarborough Marsh. Being watershed […]

  • Published
    May 27, 2021
    Scarborough Town Hall

    Scarborough municipal budget unanimously adopted, exceeds budget goal

    In a May 26 special Town Council meeting, the Fiscal Year 2022 budget was voted on and approved unanimously by the Town Council. The municipal budget process for the Fiscal Year 2022 budget began with an initial presentation on April 7. Per the Town Charter, the Council must adopt the budget no later than 60 […]

  • Published
    May 27, 2021

    Paquin & Carroll Insurance grows with hire of Dave Gash

    BIDDEFORD — Paquin & Carroll Insurance has announced the expansion of its commercial team with the hire of Dave Gash as a commercial account executive. With nearly two decades of experience in the insurance industry, including with both personal and commercial lines, Gash will broaden the agency’s client services. Gash joins Paquin & Carroll from […]

  • Published
    May 27, 2021

    UNE president testifies in Congressional hearing about shortage in health care workforce

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — On May 20, James D. Herbert, Ph.D., president of the University of New England addressed the health care workforce short when testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security in Washington, D.C. Herbert spoke during a Congressional hearing titled “A […]

  • Published
    May 27, 2021

    Ruralist Lament: It’s alive

    We’ve been farming this plot of land for going on half a century. The fields lay between the ledges and the glacial erratics, and we’re only the most recent tillers since “Robert Cole, Yeoman” established a homestead here in 1769. The farm buildings Cole erected were obliterated in a great fire that burned much of […]

  • Published
    May 27, 2021

    Second patent approved for UNE researcher’s innovative cancer detection and monitoring method

    Srinidi Mohan, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of New England School of Pharmacy, has received a second patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for his breakthrough methods and diagnostics for cancer detection and treatment monitoring, according to a UNE press release. Mohan previously received his first U.S. Patent titled “Methods and […]

  • Published
    May 24, 2021

    Nature journaling workshop takes place at Pleasant Hill Preserve in Scarborough

    Join the Scarborough Land Trust and Sherrie York on Saturday, June 5, at Pleasant Hill Preserve for a Nature Journaling workshop. Nature journaling, also known as field sketching, is a valuable tool for artists, scientists, gardeners, travelers, and anyone who wants to connect more personally with the world around them, according to a land trust […]

  • Published
    May 21, 2021

    Obituary: Donna L. Nadeau

    BIDDEFORD — Donna L. Nadeau passed away peacefully after a valiant battle with multiple prolonged illnesses on the morning of May 19, 2021, at Southern Maine Health Care just days before her 73rd birthday. She was born in Biddeford, Maine on May 25, 1948, the daughter of Robert B. and Simone I. Bouthot Gosselin. She […]

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