BIDDEFORD — Long-time local developer and community builder Doug Sanford was recently named this year’s recipient of the prestigious A. William Kany, Jr. Leadership Award for his many contributions over the years to the success of Biddeford’s downtown mill district. The award was presented by selection committee lead Bill Kany during the Biddeford & Saco […]
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News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Ruralist Lament: A rigged game
A couple weeks ago I glanced at the Stupor Bowl. I was mainly focused on my gizmo’s screen watching a couple guys carefully dismantling and rebuilding a 50s-ish Farmall Super M tractor in their shop somewhere. Uninterrupted by commercial puffery pushing corporate beverages, faux-food products, and usurious debt instruments they bent to their task. Skimping […]
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Tasty! Biddeford Saco Restaurant Week returns March 13-19
There will be unique specials, promotional discounts – who could ask for more?
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ecomaine challenges Maine students to turn trash into treasure with Upcycle Challenge
ecomaine launched its 2022 school-based Upcycle Challenge, which will award $500 to a participating student’s school. The Upcycle Challenge asks students in ecomaine’s communities to use items that ordinarily would have been disposed of, to make all-new, functional ones and submit them by Friday, March 18. From the submissions, ecomaine’s Outreach & Recycling Committee will […]
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Obituary: Richard Schoorens
BIDDEFORD — Richard Schoorens, 91, of Hills Beach, Biddeford, Maine, passed away peacefully on Febr. 27, 2022. He and his wife of 66 years Shirley (Whynot) moved to “the beach” in 1992, after living and raising their family in Bedford, Massachusetts. Richard is survived by: his wife Shirley; their children, David and Cathy Schoorens of […]
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From Augusta – Standing up for Maine students, the future
When I look to Maine’s future, I think about the people — from the young students in high schools and the young adults in colleges, to the adults and parents acquiring new skills and training or switching careers in community colleges — who all want to get good jobs, pay their bills, buy homes and […]
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Saco Drive-in Theater closed, property sold
The owners announced the closure of the venue on Monday, Feb. 28 in a social media posting.
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Service Notice: Dianne Christian Hunt
KENNEBUNKPORT — Dianne Christian Hunt, 64, died Sunday, July 18, 2021, at York Hospital. Friends are invited to visit with the family 1 to 4 p.m. with a service of celebration at 2 p.m., with Carolyn Lambert officiating, Saturday, March 26, 2022, at the Kennebunkport Legion Hall, 102 Main St., Kennebunkport. Light refreshments will be […]
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Obituary: Claudia E. Roy
SACO — Claudia Elaine Roy, 86, of Saco, Maine, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Claudia was born in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 5, 1936, a daughter of Albert E. and Cora (Evans) Hanson. She was educated in the Old Orchard Beach school system. In 1956, Claudia married her […]
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Claiming he was armed, man robs Old Orchard Beach 7-Eleven
Police say no one was injured.