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Ruralist Lament: Hire Rosa? R.I.P. Charlie

by Richard Rhames Biddeford Farmer and former City Councilor June 23, 2022June 20, 2022

I went to a planning board meeting last night. Since we shed the reeking regional incinerator that occupied downtown for nearly 30 years, the city’s political class has been giddy over the wave of gentrification and sprawl that’s ensued. Concerns about working farm and forest land are easily swept aside in pursuit of “development.” The […]

Union Church to host its 21st Annual Summer Speaker Series

June 23, 2022June 20, 2022

Union Church will present its 21st Annual Summer Speaker Series at Union Church, 3 Stonecliff Road, Biddeford Pool (Covid protocols permitting), as well as virtually via Zoom. The four-event series features special guests from The Telling Room (July 14), Kerri Arsenault (July 28), Susan Conley (Aug.11) and Meg Weston (Aug. 25). “Union Church is delighted […]

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Biddeford police looking for missing teen

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022

Anyone who has had contact with Jacoby M. Muise, 14, or knows where knows where he is, is asked to call Biddeford police at 282-5127.

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York County EMA COVID vaccine clinic ready with doses for very young

by Tammy Wells June 21, 2022

Director Art Cleaves said the clinic would begin administering COVID vaccine doses for children 6 months to 5 years old as soon as June 21.

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Obituary: Rita Boucher

June 20, 2022

SACO — Rita A. Boucher, 70, of Saco, passed away peacefully at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough on Friday, June 17, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Augusta, Maine, on May 30,1952, daughter of Lionel and Constance (Vigue) Bernier.  She was educated in the Augusta school system and as a […]

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Obituary: Stephen Fogg

June 20, 2022

SACO — It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing of Stephen J. Fogg on April 24, 2022, at the age of 64 in York, Pennsylvania, following a brief battle against cancer. During his final days, Steve was surrounded by love, from many of whose lives he had touched. His passing was peaceful, […]

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Obituary: Paul Foster

June 20, 2022

RAYMOND — Paul Bernard Foster, 82, of Raymond passed away peacefully on June 14, 2022, at his beach house in Pine Point, Scarborough. Paul was born April 19, 1940, in Portland, the son of Wilbur A. Foster and Phyllis L. Foster (Restuccia). He grew up in Westbrook and spent his summers working at the Pine Point […]

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Obituary: Robert W. Kinne

June 20, 2022

DAYTON — Robert W. Kinne, 82, of Dayton, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. Robert was born in Biddeford, Maine, on Feb. 6, 1940, a son of Dean and Margaret (Nicholas) Kinne. He grew up in Goodwins Mills and received his elementary education in the Saco […]