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Free food distribution Monday, Aug. 17 in OOB

by Tammy Wells August 13, 2020August 13, 2020

Community Friendly Connection offers delivery for those in OOB and Saco without transportation.

New finance director for Biddeford

August 13, 2020August 11, 2020

Alison Garrison hired to fill vacancy.

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Is your street on Biddeford’s paving list this year?

by Tammy Wells August 13, 2020August 11, 2020

Council approves paving roster, but tables sewer usage fee plan for now.

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OOB neighborhood park to get welcome makeover

by Tammy Wells August 13, 2020August 11, 2020

$100,000 grant – and community support – makes it possible, Community Friendly Connection members say.

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Maine Water Names Mark Vannoy as vice president

August 13, 2020August 10, 2020

SACO — Mark Vannoy has been named vice president of Maine Water. Vannoy has served as Maine Water’s director of Administrative Services since October 2019. Prior to joining Maine Water, he served on the Maine Public Utility Commission and was chairman for five years beginning in 2014. Rick Knowlton, president of Maine Water, said “In […]

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Holly Parker named new director of UNE North: the Institute for North Atlantic Studies

August 13, 2020August 10, 2020

BIDDEFORD — Holly Parker Ph.D., has been named the new director of UNE North: the Institute for North Atlantic Studies. Parker is replacing Barry Costa-Pierce Ph.D., who is stepping down as director to return to the College of Arts and Sciences as a full-time faculty member, focusing on leading UNE’s Professional Science Master’s in Ocean […]

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OOB fire department gets grant

August 13, 2020August 10, 2020

Fire departments in Old Orchard Beach, Portland and Casco will receive a collective total of $329,536 in grant funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, AFG, according to Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, D-Maine. The grant funding will support operations and safety at each of the three fire departments. “Maine firefighters risk […]

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Biddeford native to be ordained to the priesthood on Aug. 22

August 13, 2020August 10, 2020

BIDDEFORD — About 1,500 feet from where he attended St. James School as a young boy, Deacon Alexander R. Boucher will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Robert P. Deeley on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, located on 178 Elm St. in Biddeford. The journey has been anything but […]