Now that it’s December, many of us are eagerly preparing for the holiday season and looking ahead to the cold winter months. During the holidays, we get to spend time with loved ones, relax and eat our favorite foods. Unfortunately, winter and the holidays can also be a stressful time: With the colder temperatures, our […]
Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Biddeford is recipient of Department of Justice awards
More than $376 million in grants are being awarded, with over 1.2 million in Maine.
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HOB presents holiday awards
BIDDEFORD — The downtown revitalization organization Heart of Biddeford’s Design Committee recently presented to the winners of the “Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland” design contest. For the contest downtown businesses decorated their storefronts. The winners are: Trillium, People’s Choice; La Corseterie, Simply Elegant; The Art Certificate Program, Best Artistically Crafted; and White Door Home Store, […]
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Berwick theater will produce three shows in 2020 summer season
“If, after the events of recent weeks you need any reason at all to embrace life again, the musical you’ve been waiting for has arrived.” Although these words were written by a national reviewer in 2011, that same musical called “The Spitfire Grill” is arriving at Hackmatack Playhouse in Berwick to once again give […]
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Saco councilor starts newsletter
Saco Ward 6 City Councilor Jodi MacPhail will be introducing a community newsletter, “The Ward 6 Advocate,” that will be released in December in print form and distributed throughout the local downtown/Ward 6 community at various stores, restaurants and public spaces in Saco. “The purpose of this quarterly newsletter will be to reach out with […]
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Gretel’s Christmas visitor
A woman named Gretel lived in a cottage at the end of a stony path high in the mountains. In the summer, it was perfect — sweet breezes, spectacular sunsets, flowers from a nearby meadow. Bounty from her small garden, a brown cow and a sturdy apple tree fed her, along with bread she made […]
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Obituaries: Phyllis Feldman
Phyllis Feldman Phyllis Feldman passed away Dec. 11, 2019 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 27, 1929, in Tampa, Florida, to Oscar Poller and Fanney Levine Poller. Phyllis earned a degree from Ward-Belmont Junior College in Nashville, Tennessee. She worked in various retail stores throughout her life. […]
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Guy Dudley is Maine Veterans’ Homes-Scarborough Veteran of the Month for November
He passed away Oct. 21.
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Scarborough High Mixed Chorus to perform at St. Augustine Anglican Church on Dec. 14
The Scarborough High School Mixed Chorus will perform a Winter Concert at St. Augustine Anglican Church on Saturday, Dec. 14. The choir will bring their rich harmony and lively rhythms to one of Scarborough’s most important historic sites. The concert is free and open to the public. Under the direction of Patrick Volker, the SHS […]
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Smart growth, strategic planning for ‘our Saco,’ says mayor
Seven councilors and Mayor William Doyle took their oaths of office Dec. 2