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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 13, 2021

    UMaine Extension plant sale May 22 in Springvale

    SPRINGVALE — The annual plant sale of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in York County will be Saturday, May 22, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at the UMaine Extension office, 15 Oak St., Springvale. Annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, and houseplants will be for sale. Master Gardener volunteers will be available to […]

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    May 13, 2021

    ‘Plants on the Refuge’ for May’s Sense of Wonder Art Contest

    The Sense of Wonder Art Contest continues in May. Submit up to three photos and/or poems on the Friends of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge’s website and a special jury will select a winner in both categories — photography and poetry — on the last day of the month. This month’s contest is open to […]

  • Published
    May 13, 2021

    We may be stepping on miracles

    During the last few weeks, I’ve been hard at work planting new things, moving others around, weeding, and just basking in the sensation of life springing from the earth. This body of mine isn’t young anymore, so I have to pace myself a lot more now. Moving a plant from one spot to another involves […]

  • Published
    May 13, 2021

    Letters to the editor, May 13

    Pass bill for lower prescription drug prices To the editor, Mainers face many barriers to affordable care, especially to affordable prescription drugs. It isn’t right that Americans must pay the highest prices in the world for medicines they need. Having a health condition that requires medication, I understand the struggle of many Mainers who have […]

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    May 13, 2021

    Baby Bottle Drive at Good Shepherd Parish to Kick Off on Mother’s Day Weekend and Raise Money for Local Pregnancy Centers

    BIDDEFORD — Good Shepherd Parish, which includes Most Holy Trinity Church, Saco; St. Joseph Church, Biddeford; St. Margaret Church, Old Orchard Beach; St. Philip Church, Lyman; and St. Brendan Chapel, Biddeford Pool, is holding a baby bottle drive to help local pregnancy resource centers. The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a baby bottle drive for […]

  • Published
    May 10, 2021

    Maine Catholic Schools to hold Rosary events on Thursday, May 13

    For centuries, May has been a month in which the Catholic Church honors the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. Devotions are traditionally held in a tribute of faith, reverence, and love to our Blessed Mother, according to a press release. On Thursday, May 13, Catholic school students across Maine will pray the Holy […]

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    May 10, 2021

    Obituary – Shirley Elinor Whitehead Noble

    1923 – 2021

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    May 10, 2021

    Obituary – L. Robert ‘Bob’ Guignard

    Born in Biddeford, Maine, SMsgt., United States Air Force retired, Bob served as an Air Traffic Controller for 28 years and as a contractor with Lockheed Martin in Saudi Arabia. He retired to Phoenix, Arizona, in 1985. Bob was preceded in death by his wife, Mary in 1992. He is survived by: his wife, Barbara; […]

  • Published
    May 9, 2021

    Plant sales going on

    The Scarborough Land Trust and Rebel Hill Farms are holding a Native Plant Sale on Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m. to noon. The sale will be held in the back of the On the Vine Marketplace parking lot, 591 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough. In addition, ordering plants from the UMaine Extension Master Gardener Plant […]

  • Published
    May 7, 2021

    Obituary – Joan M. Basnar

    July 10, 1938 to April 21, 2021