Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier

PORTLAND — The University of New England has been selected to join the Maine IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), a collaborative network of state educational and research institutions that strives to strengthen Maine’s capacity to conduct cutting-edge biomedical research. UNE, with a campus in Biddeford, will become the 14th member of the statewide […]

Resources available during coronavirus crisis

by State Sen. Susan Deschambault Biddeford April 2, 2020March 26, 2020

The coronavirus has impacted our families, communities and state in many different ways. I know that these are tough and trying times. Businesses, government and communities are taking this very seriously and working to act swiftly to support Mainers during this period. It can sometimes feel like there is an information overload with all there […]

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

BMS student Terry Manges was recognized as the Student of the Month in February

April 2, 2020March 26, 2020

BIDDEFORD — Principal Scott Descoteaux and the rest of the Biddeford Middle School staff celebrate standout students each month, and in February the Biddeford + Saco Chamber of Commerce joined in the program. In February, student Terry Manges was recognized as the Student of the Month. Before classes moved to distance learning for all students […]

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Letters to the editor, April 2

April 2, 2020March 30, 2020

Biddeford AMVETS Post 1 reaches out to veterans during COVID-19 stand done To the editor, Two weeks after AMVETS Post 1 closed due to Coronavirus spread, six post officers volunteered to call all Post 1 veterans. The purpose of the call was to ask about their well-being as well as to offer them non-cash assistance […]

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies

Nature’s lessons take many forms

by By Rachel Lovejoy Environmental Columnist April 2, 2020March 30, 2020

We may have charted all the continents on the planet, and we may have discovered all the mammals, but that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing left to explore on Earth. ~Nathan Wolfe I will refrain from rehashing current events or their vast implications. Someone (I don’t know who) said it best when he, or she, […]

Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies

Goosefare Brook Watershed Restoration Grant updates, development projects and Clean-Up Day

April 2, 2020March 31, 2020

In 2018 the Town of Old Orchard Beach, in partnership with the City of Saco and the York County Soil and Water Conservation District (YCSWCD) was awarded an implementation grant for Phase II of the Goosefare Brook Watershed Restoration Project. Funding for this project was provided in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under […]