Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier

SACO — Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution, Maine’s oldest bank, announced the recent promotions of two longtime employees to branch manager positions. Joe Reardon, who most recently served as branch manager of SBSI’s Westbrook location, will now lead the bank’s Portland and South Portland branches as vice president, branch manager. Katrina Desjardins will assume Reardon’s […]

Letters to the editor, April 16

April 16, 2020April 14, 2020

To the editor, During these challenging times, postal employees are working hard to ensure residents stay connected with their world through the mail. Whether it’s medications, a package, a paycheck, benefits or pension check, a bill or letter from a family member, postal workers understand that every piece of mail is important. While service like […]

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Frances R. McDonald

April 16, 2020April 10, 2020

SACO — Frances R. McDonald, 96, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. She was the first baby born at the Trull Hospital in Biddeford, Jan. 16, 1924, the daughter of Leroy and Maude Loomer Rowell. Frances attended local schools and graduated from Thornton Academy in 1942. She then graduated from […]

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Restaurants, sponsors, city, collaborate on Saco meal program

by Tammy Wells April 15, 2020April 15, 2020

A hot takeout meal is offered to those 50 and older, each Friday.

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Biddeford Recycling Center now open for brush, leaves

by Tammy Wells April 14, 2020

BIDDEFORD — Residents can now dispose of brush, leaves, and grass clippings at the Biddeford Recycling Center at 371 Hill St. Contractors are asked to seek alternative methods of disposal of waste and brush until further notice. With brush disposal services resuming at the Recycling Center, the temporary curbside brush disposal program for storm damage […]

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Overall calls for service down at Biddeford Police Department

by Tammy Wells April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

The number of felonies has decreased by 9 percent in the first quarter.

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Connecting with one another will get us through COVID-19 crisis

by Rep. Lori K. Gramlich D-Old Orchard Beach April 13, 2020

As we enter our second month of adjusting to the coronavirus pandemic, I find I am settling into a degree of regularity. Like many of us, my days are filled with navigating virtual meetings and online trainings, pondering if I should go to the store and balancing all these challenges with assuring that I am […]