The City Council approved an amendment to increase public service salaries on August 5.
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News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Saco gets $1.25 million infrastructure grant
The funding will be used for improvements at the entrance to Camp Ellis.
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Biddeford Seeds of Hope sees success helping unhoused
Seeds of Hope is currently taking in upwards of 30 Biddeford residents experiencing homelessness at their overnight warming center.
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County Report: Sheriff’s office reorganizes civil division
A reorganization of the civil process division of York County Sheriff’s Office means two part-time positions will change to a full-time one, bringing the total number of full-time positions to three. It also means an increase in the pay rate of 5% for the division, the first, other than cost-of-living adjustments, in several years. York […]
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Things to Do: Aug. 15
Thursday, Aug. 15 Bess Jacques at the Grand Piano, 6 to 9 p.m., The Lincoln Hotel, 17 Lincoln St., Biddeford. Pianist and singer Bess Jacques performs vintage jazz, pop, and everything in between. Free. FMI, call 207-815-3977 or email [email protected]. Thursday Coffee Hour for 55+, 10 to 11 a.m., McArthur Public Library, 270 Main St., […]
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Biddeford gets ready to jam out at 10th annual River Jam Festival
The festival will take place Saturday, Aug. 17 at Mechanics Park in downtown Biddeford.
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Obituary: Richard R. Lizotte
Richard Raymond Lizotte, 79, of Biddeford, died peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, following a brief hospitalization. Richard was born No. 14, 1944, in Biddeford, Maine, to Raymond Andrew Lizotte and Claire L. Connelly Lizotte. He graduated from Biddeford High School in 1963, and later attended St. Francis College […]
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From Augusta: Sen. Donna Bailey laws take effect
On Aug. 9, non-emergency bills that passed the Maine State Legislature and received the governor’s signature, including two of mine, took effect – 90 days after my colleagues and I adjourned in May. Looking back, for the 131st Maine State Legislature, spanning 2023 to 2024, I introduced – or sponsored – 18 bills in total. […]
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Biddeford schools get grant to help prepare students for clean energy jobs
AUGUSTA – The Governor’s Energy Office, through the Clean Energy Partnership, is granting $299,690 to Biddeford Schools and Adult Education. The grant will develop curricula, fund internships and apprenticeships, provide job training, and prepare 70 individuals for careers in the clean energy and energy efficiency sectors, according to Sen. Henry Ingwersen, D-Arundel. The program will […]
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Baby lobsters at UNE will help inform DNA research
The University of New England is the home of two families of tiny, baby lobsters — dozens of them, each no larger than a thumbtack — which are currently being raised and studied by students and faculty as part of an ongoing, novel research project into the genetic basis for their rare coloration. Miniature crustaceans in […]
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