BIDDEFORD — Three Biddeford High School students are being recognized for their award-winning artwork in the prestigious Scholastic Art and Writing Awards at the Maine College of Art & Design in Portland this month, according to a school press release. BHS junior Nire Aldrich earned Gold Key and Silver Key Awards for his pen and […]
Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Biddeford has 2 new hires
BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford City Council approved the city manager’s nominations of two department director positions on March 5, according to a city press release. Sasha Pavlak has been appointed as the city’s next finance director. Pavlak most recently served as a revenue analyst for Arlington County Government in Virginia. In her over four years […]
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Saco students win first place in robot design at LEGO championship
SACO — The CK Burns School’s LEGO Robotics team placed first for Robot Design at the Maine State LEGO League Championship. Saco students competed against 26 other Maine teams, sharing their innovative projects and competing in the robot performance. Through their collaboration and coding skills, the Mustang Masterpieces won the Robot Design Award, according to […]
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Letters to the Editor, March 14
Affordable housing for Mainers To the editor, With much chagrin I read in the Courier that part of the funding Maine has received from the government may be spent on housing for the asylum seekers entering our state. There is an affordable housing shortage throughout Maine that has caused hardship for Maine residents. Isn’t it […]
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Obituary: Shannon Daly
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Shannon Daly, 48, of Old Orchard Beach, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Kennebunk. He was born in Portland on Dec. 21, 1975, son of Dean and Donna (Gleason) Daly. Shannon was educated in the Old Orchard Beach school system, and graduated from Old Orchard Beach High School, […]
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Sunday storm made it a triple whammy on the coast
Communities reeling from January storms now cope with damage form a third .
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From Augusta – Let’s end child hunger in Maine
Child poverty and food insecurity are connected, persistent issues that continue to impact far too many Mainers day to day. Now is the time to use every tool at our disposal to confront the challenge of poverty and childhood food insecurity. I want to take the time to tell you about a couple of things […]
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Trump, Biden win handily in Biddeford, Saco and OOB presidential primaries
Nikki Haley ends her campaign the day after winning only a single primary on Super Tuesday.
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Community News, March 7
Saco mayor reads at Dyer Library March 8 Dyer Library Children’s Room will present Saco’s first female mayor, Jodi MacPhail, for story time to celebrate International Women’s Day Friday, March 8 at 3 p.m. MacPhail, the daughter of a school librarian and having made history this past November to become Saco’s first female mayor, has […]
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Biddeford joins Finding Our Voices to bring light to domestic abuse victims
Biddeford has stepped up in a big way to bring light to domestic abuse survivors both by hosting a Finding Our Voices presentation to medical students at the University of New England and embracing the nonprofit’s poster campaign. Three domestic abuse survivors from Finding Our Voices spoke to medical students at UNE Biddeford on Feb. […]
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