Tri City Community Chorus perform Dec. 16 The Tri City Community Chorus will present its holiday concert on Dec. 16, 7 p.m. at First Parish Church in Saco. The choses has begun performing againagain after a long lay-off due to the pandemic. Thiswill be the first performance underthe new director, Dr. Christian Giddings. Currently, there […]
Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
News from Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach from Mainely Media.
Library Links: Cold, dark December is warm and bright at Libby Library
I was having a chat with a friend the other day. The topic, as it often is, was the weather, which has been really weird this year. We had a cool spring with a rainier-than-usual summer followed by a fairly mild, early autumn. On the day my friend and I were chatting it was bone-chilling […]
From Augusta: Enrolling in affordable health care plans
Since Nov. 1, Mainers have been able to shop for and enroll in affordable health care plans on the Maine’s Health Insurance Marketplace. As the chair of the Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee, I urge you and your family, as well as your friends and neighbors, to look into Maine’s Health Insurance Marketplace. […]
Goodwill’s new CEO started Dec. 1, bringing passion for nonprofit’s mission
GORHAM — Goodwill Northern New England’s board of directors named Tripp Harrison as president and CEO of the nonprofit which serves Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Harrison was formerly the president and CEO of Goodwill of South Mississippi. Harrison succeeds former President and CEO Richard J. Cantz who served Goodwill for more than 20 years […]
ecomaine Receives EPA Grant
ecomaine has received the Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with funding of $2 million. The grant was awarded in response to the application submitted by ecomaine titled “An Effort to Increase Maine’s Recycling Rate through Outreach to Residents of Multi-Family Dwelling Units,” according to an ecomaine press release. […]
Saco’s Lily Stark honored with post-season award by GNAC
NEWTON, Mass. — The Great North Atlantic Conference announced their end of the year awards for field hockey on Nov. 8; and Lily Stark of Saco was one of seven members of Lasell University’s field hockey team to be recognized. Stark and Courtney Tello were each named to the conference’s second team. Stark, a senior, […]
Thornton names Jennifer Day new director of development
Jennifer Day has been named director of development at Thornton Academy in Saco. In this role, she oversees all fundraising activities, including the school’s capital campaign that is currently raising funds needed to complete the athletic complex and build a new field house on the TA campus. Day’s prior roles included associate director of development […]
Recovery center, first responder training center draw comment at public hearings
ALFRED – Those speaking at a pair of public hearings on York County Maine Government’s proposal to build a first responder training center and a substance use recovery in Alfred had questions as well as comments about the proposals. The Nov. 27 public hearings were hosted by the Alfred Planning Board as part of the […]
Obituary: Cheryl Huff
BIDDEFORD — Cheryl Ann Bernaiche Huff, 73, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, at home after a long illness. First battling cancer from 2017 through 2018, then, June 2019, diagnosed with Left Pre-Frontal Lobal Dementia. Cheryl was born Sept. 16, 1950, in Houlton, the daughter of Philip and Marie (McMullin) Bernaiche. She graduated from Houlton […]
Beep beep: Age Friendly Saco expands rider services
Residents 60+ can now take advantage of the door-to-door Saco Mobility Shuttle.