Huot beat out Steven Boucouvalas to fill the seat vacated by recently-elected Saco Mayor Jodi MacPhail
Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
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Red Cross: Emergency blood shortage may delay medical procedures
Donors are urged to give now as the nation faces the lowest number of blood donors in decades; plus win a chance for a trip to Super Bowl LVIII.
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Maine Water caps 2023 by supporting the hungry and children in need
The company donated 125 winter jackets and more than $8,050 in food assistance.
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Bed count approved for York County Recovery Center
ALFRED – The proposed York County substance use recovery center is poised to move on to the next step in the local permitting process now that the bed count for the facility has been set. The Alfred Planning Board on Jan. 8 approved the county’s request for reasonable accommodation under federal and state laws that […]
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Biddeford ramps up focus on homelessness
The number of unhoused people in York County’s largest city is rising, and Biddeford has signaled it wants to confront the crisis with compassion and proactive policymaking.
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Protestors target General Dynamics factory in Saco
Demonstrators believe it’s likely that guided missile directors produced at the factory are used by Israel in its ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
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Town & Country donantes to local hospitals
Pictured from left are Dan and Annika, two of the emergency department workers at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford, one of the area hospitals receiving free pizza as part of Town & Country Federal Credit Union’s ‘Food for the First’ initiative as a way to mark Jan. 1. The credit union wanted to thank […]
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Donate new socks at Reny’s department stores through Jan. 31
AmeriCorps Seniors programs throughout Maine will be collecting new socks to donate to homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and organizations supporting those in need throughout the state. Take part in the Warm Heart, Warm Feet campaign by donating new pairs of warm socks at your local Reny’s Department Store through Jan. 31. Since 2019, the Warm […]
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Wind and rain speak a language that cannot be ignored
Although as of this writing, there were thousands of households that remained without electricity days after the latest powerful storm, there is something to be said about those powers greater than our own that ultimately decide our fate from time to time. I love the wind, but, like most things, in moderation. I love hearing […]
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Beyond the Headlines: York County to save lives with recovery center
Government should always be looking at how it can help and be part of the solution. While county government has limited options when it comes to acting beyond the typically smaller scope of our responsibilities, the $40 million American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) package provided to York County by the federal government enables us to think […]