As pollen seasons lengthen with climate change, the state with a high asthma rate plans to use a federal grant to collect data and establish allergy warnings.
Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Process for Saco’s new school is outlined
‘This is our bite at the apple,’ said Superintendent Jeremy Ray about a new school and how the community and state will proceed.
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Saco’s Evergreen Rehabilitation & Living Center to close
The 42-bed facility is among others in the state which have recently announced their intention to close.
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New year brings new legislative and county districts
Will the districts have the same composition, or be a bit different?
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Biddeford city manager gets contract extension, salary increase
Jim Bennett has been Biddeford’s municipal manager since 2015.
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The end of the Dyer Library annual book sale
Come and get your free books!
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State Sen. Bailey celebrates funding for study of Saco Bay Erosion Mitigation Technology
AUGUSTA — Twenty thousand dollars in funds have been secured to pay for a study of whether an innovative technology known as wave attenuation devices can mitigate the ongoing erosion of Saco Bay as a result of the Camp Ellis Jetty. The devices are hollow with holes that divert the wave energy that causes erosion […]
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Holy Hours in Saco set for National Vocation Awareness Week
SACO — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland will join with Catholics around the country in celebrating National Vocation Awareness Week on Nov. 7-13. Fr. Gregory Dube, director of vocations and seminarians for the diocese, will preside at Holy Hours in Saco to pray for those discerning a vocation to ordained ministry and consecrated life […]
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Talking turkey in Saco
Not that long ago, I called the woods of Lyman home. Back then, seeing wild turkeys out in my yard or walking down the dirt road was a common occurrence. But never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that they (or some of their kin) would follow me to Saco when I moved […]
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Clarification
A story in the Oct. 21 Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier about candidates for Biddeford School Committee should have included that candidate Lisa Vadnais is married, has three children, operates a fuel business with her husband and has served on the finance committee for all 12 years of her tenure on the board. As well, she served two […]