SACO — Save our Shorelines: Saco Bay (SOS Saco Bay) announces its first annual conference on Coastal Erosion at Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center in Saco on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The conference will focus on the dual threats of climate change and coastal erosion. Coastal Erosion is a naturally occurring process, but at Camp […]
Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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From Augusta – Thank you to a ‘warm community’ of friends and neighbors
Elizabeth Taylor. Sheryl Crow. Mary Tyler Moore. And you can add me, Representative Traci Gere, to that list. No, I haven’t suddenly become famous, although I have been known to belt out “Soak Up the Sun” on a beautiful Maine summer day. Rather, I have joined the list of people diagnosed with a meningioma, a […]
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Biddeford Police Department earns national reaccreditation
“The public is better served as a result,” said Police Chief Roger Beaupre.
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Music will continue to fill the parks this summer in Biddeford
BIDDEFORD — With three weeks of Music in the Park left this summer and the River Jam Festival just around the corner, Heart of Biddeford wants the community to know that some of the best entertainment is yet to come. The remaining Music in the Park events are Wednesday nights, July 27, Aug. 3 and […]
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Obituary: Richard A. Roberts Jr.
BIDDEFORD — Richard A. Roberts Jr., “Rick”, 64, of Biddeford, passed away in the early morning hours on June 22, 2022, at Maine Medical Center with his wife and children by his side. Rick suffered complications from a spinal cord injury taking place nearly seven weeks earlier. He is survived by: his wife of 35 […]
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Former Biddeford education technician pleads guilty to possession of child porn
Jesse Kiesel will be sentenced later this year.
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Biddeford High School Class of 1970 marks 52 years
BIDDEFORD — Forty-five members of Biddeford High School Class of 1970 gathered for a reunion June 25. There was a barbecue at Riverview Pavilion on the University of New England campus — complete with talk, laughter, and a lot of reminiscing. As well, 20 classmates, spouses and guests toured Biddeford High School and 28 toured […]
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SACO UMA drones visit Saco skies
SACO – The University of Maine at Augusta’s Aviation Studies program has been hosting drone flying demonstrations and educational sessions about them at several of its facilities across the state. Recently, it held an event on July 14 at its Saco Center located on 4 Scammon St. The UMA Aviation Studies program’s purpose in holding […]
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‘Why would I not want to lobster?’
Biddeford author Barbara Walsh pens book on Maine’s lobster lady, Virginia Oliver, and will be signing copies at the Blueberry Festival and Craft Fair in Kennebunk on Saturday.
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Residents offer suggestions to reduce speed, traffic on May Street
Biddeford Policy Committee to seek costs, impact of potential fixes.