Members of the Saco Pathfinders Snowmobile Club provided four complete Thanksgiving dinners and will provide an additional two at Christmas time to Saco residents. They are being delivered by the First Parish Congregational church in Saco.
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News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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SwimLids entrepreneur earns Maine’s 2020 SBA Woman Owned Business award
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Sand for seniors delivery program starts in Biddeford
Saco’s Sand Buckets for Seniors initiative continues.
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Grant aims to help coastal communities cope with rising sea levels, more
Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach and the Kennebuks are part of the consortium of 10 municipalities involved.
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Downtown Holiday Ride invites motorists to check out the lights, more
It’s a Friday night event to enjoy, from the comfort of your car.
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Good Shepherd Sisters, others, ‘trot’ to support St. James School
The annual event, made virtual this year because of the coronavirus, was very popular, organizers said.
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Joan A. Donovan
BIDDEFORD — Joan A. Donovan, 84, of Biddeford, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at her home after a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 20, 1936, in Boston, Massachusetts, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Cannon Gorman and was educated there, graduating from Mission High School in the Class of 1954. Joan raised her children […]
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Biddeford Housing Authority gets federal funds
The Biddeford Housing Authority is one of five housing authorities in Maine getting federal funds. In a recent news release, Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced that the five housing authorities will receive more than $1.4 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Mainstream Voucher Program. A total of $1,480,872 is being […]
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Mill Voices: Leo and Pauline Laverriere’s history of mill work
Editor’s note: Biddeford Mills Museum recorded interviews with more than 50 former Biddeford Mills employees in 2012 and 2013. Below is excerpt from one of those videos in an occasional series of stories of people who have worked in the Biddeford and Saco mills. The full set of videos will be available for viewing at […]
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TAMS student wins singing contest
SACO — A student attending school in Saco recently won a singing contest. On Nov. 21, the Maine Chapter of NATS, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, concluded its annual Musical Theater Festival. Amélie Lourdeau, a sixth-grader at Thornton Academy Middle School in Saco, took first place in her division Traditionally held live at […]