There is no easy way for me to say this — and I’ll likely have a tear in my eye on the day — but here goes. Come the end of March, more or less, I will be retiring from The Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier and Kennebunk Post. I will miss you. I have enjoyed writing about […]
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News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Local bus services offering “Fare Deal” campaign with 50% reduced prices
South Portland Bus Service, Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit, and Greater Portland METRO will have 50% reduced fares from March 1 through Sept. 30.
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Organ donation saved 1,325 lives in New England in 2022
Local, state and regional officials urge Mainers to sign up to be an organ donor. People can do so online at the Maine Bureau of Motor vehicles website or at any branch office.
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First Parish diaper report: 84,239 dispensed in 2022
SACO — How many diapers did the First Parish Congregational Church Diaper Bank dispense to those who need them in 2022? Thousands, many thousands. From Jan. 5 to Dec. 28, First Parish Diaper Bank distributed 84,239 diapers to low-income families to help keep little bottoms dry. That was the report of the three organizers — […]
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Program to help seniors, disabled, stay in their homes
Comfortably Home, under the Biddeford Housing Authority banner, will install shower grab bars, repair minor roof leaks or other projects.
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Obituary: Raymond F. Gagnon
Raymond F. Gagnon, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on Fe. 15, 2023, at the age of 92. Born on June 5, 1930, he was the son of Wilfrid Gagnon and Louisia DuBois Gagnon. He was a proud graduate of St. Louis High School in Biddeford. Raymond served his country as a […]
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From Augusta – Helping Maine farmers with unpredictable drought conditions
Maine has an abundance of water resources, yet in many cases, the quantity and timing of available water may not be sufficient. Over the past several years, drought conditions have presented problems in our state. Maine has also been subject to increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, with three of our four most recent droughts taking place […]
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UNE President James Herbert testifies before Congressional committee on methods to combat health workforce shortage
BIDDEFORD — University of New England President James D. Herbert, Ph.D., testified for the second time before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security in Washington, D.C., about the health care workforce shortage and methods to improve it. Herbert, who was introduced by U.S. […]
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From Augusta: Addressing Maine’s housing crisis
Earlier this month, people in our community and throughout Maine hunkered down for a weekend of record-breaking cold. Like many folks, my wife and I covered drafty windows, opened our sink cabinet doors and cranked up the heat, all while praying that we would not lose power. The cold was bone-chilling, while the weather app […]
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Loranger Middle School students debate Maine state butterfly choices
AUGUSTA — Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, and state officials from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife joined Loranger Middle School students on Feb. 17 to discuss Gramlich’s bill to name a state butterfly. Fifth-grade students made their cases on which butterfly deserves the title to Gramlich and IFW Commissioner Judy […]
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