What the Romans called “the new sun” rises. The seed catalogs are arriving and though the wood stove’s fire struggles against the strengthening cold, a new year is being born. This theme of death and rebirth, ebb and the flow has long occupied human thought and practice. Huge stones, hauled great distances and erected with […]
Southern Maine Weeklies
News from the Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier, Kennebunk Post, Scraborough Leader and South Portland Sentry.
Posted inKennebunk Post
School board chair, vice-chair step down
Chair Lesley Stoeffler and Claudia Sayre will step down effective Jan. 6. Both will still remain on the school board.
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Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Kennebunk Post
Shuttered restaurants cite rising costs, post-pandemic shift
Small restaurants in Saco, Biddeford, and Kennebunk are shutting their doors before 2025.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Scarborough Leader, South Portland Sentry, The Forecaster
DA office awarded grant to track, test sexual assault kits
The nearly $2.5 million three-year federal grant for the project will make it so Maine is no longer the sole state to not inventory any sexual assault kits.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Concrete poured for Biddeford-Saco splash pad project
The long-awaited splash pad project is making a splash as crews poured the foundation in Saco on Dec. 18. This milestone marks a significant step forward in a two-year effort to bring a fun, family-friendly water play area to the community. The Rotary Club of Biddeford-Saco, in partnership with the Saco Parks and Recreation Department, […]
Posted inForecaster Sports, Girls Basketball, Scarborough Leader, Varsity Maine
Scarborough girls flustered by Gorham once more
Red Storm rally to take fourth quarter lead before Rams close on a 17-5 run to prevail, 43-32.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Forecaster Sports, Scarborough Leader, Varsity Maine
Scarborough boys fend off Gorham’s late rally
Red Storm snap two-game skid with a 63-57 victory.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Community News: Dec. 26
Sweetser program to give young people fresh start Sweetser has opened a new program on their Saco campus aimed at supporting young adults called Fresh Start. This transitional residential program provides a physical, therapeutic place for young adults to treat their mental health challenges and get the necessary support they need to become successfully independent. […]
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier
Things to Do: Dec. 26
Thursday, Dec. 26 Bess Jacques, 5 to 8 p.m., The Lincoln Hotel, 17 Lincoln St., Biddeford. Pianist and singer Bess Jacques performs on the Steinway grand piano in the lobby bar at the Lincoln Hotel. Expect vintage jazz, pop, and everything in between. FMI, visit the website bessjacques.com., call 207-815-3977 or email [email protected]. Thursday Coffee […]
Posted inScarborough Leader
Letter: Opinion variety is healthy, acceptance is common
Responding to the plight of Abdi Iftin who is experiencing substantial backlash to his writing from “fellow” Mainers (“Taking a step back, but not giving up,” Dec. 3), I am now an official resident immigrant from Massachusetts where I was a professor for 42 years, but now officially retired in 2012 to Scarborough to be […]