More students in the University of New England’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) program passed their national licensing exams on the first try in 2021 than those from any other baccalaureate nursing program in Maine. More than 95 percent of UNE nursing students passed the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) National […]
Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Letters to the Editor, Feb. 17
Reader disagrees with Ruralist Lament To the editor, In response to Mr. Rhames’s letter on “The week that was” on page 16, dated Jan. 27, 2022 in the Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, I’d like to add a more appropriate finish to that letter; But with all our imperfections and shortcomings we are still the best nation going. […]
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Catholic Charities Maine Board names new chair and vice chair and welcomes new members
Catholic Charities Maine has named Lauren Moody as its new board chair and Jared des Rosiers as board vice chair. Both will serve for two years. Moody is a parishioner of Prince of Peace in Lewiston. She serves as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. She is […]
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MacDonald announces GOP bid for Senate 31
The former state legislator said there needs to be less partisan fighting and pledged to work hard to get things done.
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Former funeral home worker sentenced in theft of ring from deceased Saco woman
Stuart Weston will begin serving his sentence June 1.
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Obituary: Sarah Jane Poli
Sarah Jane Poli, a native of Biddeford, passed away on Feb. 10, 2022. She was 80 years old. Sarah Jane was born at home on Sept. 2, 1941, to Michelangelo and Idelina Nicetta Poli. Her family owned a grocery store on lower Main Street in Biddeford and the family lived on the second floor. Sarah […]
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Gere says tax bill would make housing more affordable
It would increase the tax exemption, allowing nonprofit developers to serve households with incomes up to 120 percent of the area median income.
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Old Orchard Beach man to serve 10 years for providing drug that killed pair
PORTLAND — An Old Orchard Beach man was sentenced Monday at U.S. District Court in Portland for distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee announced. U.S. District Court Judge George Z. Singal sentenced Corydon Mills, 33, to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release. Mills pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl at a […]
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Medical rides program seeks volunteer drivers
SACO — Age Friendly Saco is looking for volunteer drivers to expand the medical ride program begun on Feb. 1. Currently, rides are provided to senior residents of Saco to take them to medical appointments as far north as Portland and as far south as Kennebunk. The organization uses the Saco Parks and Recreation van […]
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Obituary: Jessie M. Leach
KENNEBUNK —Jessie Moody Leach, 87, of Kennebunk, passed away on Feb. 8, 2022. She was born on Sept. 24, 1934 in Rockland, Maine, to Jesse and Edna (Page) Moody. She spent her childhood in Newcastle, Maine, moving to Kennebunk in 1947. After graduating from Kennebunk High School in 1952, she attended the Golden School of […]