Sweetser will build a new tennis court and playground areas on their Saco campus,
Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Age Friendly Saco seeks to expand Volunteer Transportation Program
In February 2022, Age Friendly Saco initiated a Volunteer Transportation Program to help the city’s older residents facing transportation challenges access their medical appointments. Currently, Age Friendly Saco has 14 volunteer drivers serving the ommunity. Since the program’s inception, Age Friendly volunteer drivers have provided 1,784 rides traveling over 8,559 miles and donating 969 volunteer […]
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Biddeford Connector closed for emergency repair work
BIDDEFORD — Road closure for emergency culvert repair work in Biddeford will impact drivers exiting Maine Turnpike Exit 32. The Biddeford Connector will be closed between Route 111 and Morin Street from Wednesday, July 26 at 7 a.m. through Friday, Aug. 11. Morin Street will remain accessible throughout the project. Detour signs will be placed […]
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Biddeford Police Department celebrates National Night Out
BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford Police Department is celebrating National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 1 with an event in Mechanics Park from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that is sponsored nationally by the National Association of Town Watch and co-sponsored locally by the Biddeford Police Department. Over 38 […]
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A Pulitzer Prize Winner and the ‘Big Nate’ cartoonist headline Union Church’s summer speaker events
Union Church in Biddeford Pool will be hosting two speakers in August, both successful authors and each further distinguished by their towering and wildly divergent accomplishments: Barbara Walsh won a Pulitzer Prize in investigative journalism. Lincoln Peirce has for over 30 years drawn the hugely successful comic strip, Big Nate, now an animated TV series. […]
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From Augusta: Investing in Maine families
We’ve all heard stories like these. A baby is born early and needs to stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, possibly for weeks. The parents, exhausted and worried sick, do what they can to be at their child’s side, but neither has a paid family and medical leave benefit at their jobs, forcing them […]
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Gov. Mills signs Sen. Carney bill to rename Maine Turnpike Approach Road in honor of peace activist Samantha Smith
AUGUSTA —Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill from Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth. LD 21, “Resolve, Designating Maine Turnpike Approach Road in South Portland as Samantha Smith Way,” renames Exit 45, Maine Turnpike Approach Road, as Samantha Smith Way. It recognizes Samantha Smith’s efforts, as a 10-year-old, to bring about a more peaceful relationship […]
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Governor signs Brenner, Vitelli proposal to help build solar energy project on contaminated farmland
AUGUSTA — Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a joint proposal from Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough, and Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, that would advance Maine’s energy independence by promoting building solar energy projects on farmland that has been contaminated by PFAS, according to the Senate Majority Office. The proposal is a combination of Sen. […]
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Astronomy Club holds potluk and meeting Aug. 4
The Astronomical Society of Northern New England (ASNNE) will hold its monthly meeting on Friday, Aug. 4. The meeting will be held at the Talmage Observatory at Starfield, in West Kennebunk. There will be potluck Bar-B-Q. Both members and the general public are invited. ASNNE will provide grills, but all Bar-B-Q guests should bring their […]
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Old Orchard police arrest man on 3 counts of Class A trafficking drugs
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — An anonymous call to Old Orchard Beach Police Department on July 25 led to the arrest of a man charged with drug trafficking. The caller, according to police, said Randy Monroe, 61 years of Biddeford, also had several warrants for his arrest, was residing at 17 Cliff Ave. in Old Orchard […]