Thursday, March 20 Guided Meditation, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Harmonic Egg Saco, 110 Main St., Suite 1210, Saco. Led by Alicia Campbell. Free. FMI, call 207-831-4344 or email [email protected]. Thursday Coffee Hour – 55+, 10 to 11 a.m., McArthur Public Library, 270 Main St., Biddeford. Light refreshments will be served. Free. FMI, [email protected]. Friday, March […]
Southern Maine Weeklies
News from the Biddeford-Saco-Old Orchard Beach Courier, Kennebunk Post, Scraborough Leader and South Portland Sentry.
UNE students aid Biddeford Pool Conservation Trust in coastal restoration
Over three days, the students and community volunteers planted 12,000 dune-grass stalks.
County Report: Old crimes revealed in 1890s, 1900s, York County Jail logbooks
Many of us have heard the term “that’s highway robbery!” These days, the expression tends to mean that something is far too expensive — “they want how much?” for a dozen eggs, a chuck roast, or a basic, no frills, new car. Well, in 1893, highway robbery happened right here in York County. A Biddeford […]
From Augusta: Protecting vulnerable children from doxing
Being a kid is hard, and having your personal information shared on the internet in ways that jeopardize your safety or hurt you doesn’t make it any easier. Legal protection against doxing is desperately needed in today’s world. As more children and adolescents gain access to social media and other online platforms, their risk for […]
Opinion: Suggestions for utilizing the waitperson
The waitpersons, or waiter and waitress, as we used to call them, take their job just as seriously as you and I take ours. Perhaps for differing reasons, but nevertheless, they want to please their customers just as much as you and I want to please those who come to us for help. Beyond that […]
In the Know: Scarborough town boards and committees set goals for year
The Town of Scarborough has several citizen-led boards and committees working on issues to enhance our community. Because much of their work is driven by Council goals and initiatives, many of these committees have been reviewing the Council’s newly established 2025 goals as a foundation for their work this year. The Council goals are defined […]
Kennebunk’s Brick Store Museum opens exhibit season with ‘The Female Gaze’
The Brick Store Museum announced the opening of its 2025 exhibition season at the Patsy Bauman Gallery, a dedicated museum space celebrating contemporary local artists. This spring, the gallery debuts, “The Female Gaze,” a multi-artist exhibit curated by Maine Women in the Arts. The exhibit will run from Friday, April 11 through Sunday, May 25. […]
Kennebunk Free Library hosts Cohen for printmaking discussion
Artist Brian Cohen, a Kennebunk resident, will visit Kennebunk Free Library on Tuesday, April 8, at 6 p.m. to discuss his 40-year career as a printmaker. “I began to make prints because I had to; a printmaking course was part of the curriculum of an art program where I was hired to teach; to learn […]
April’s featured exhibit at Kennebunk Free Library
Speers Gallery at Kennebunk Free Library will host an exhibit titled, “Near and Far in Black and White,” by Laura Dauphinais, in April. The exhibit runs April 1-30, with an opening reception scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 5. Dauphinais’s exhibit, according to a news release, features black and white digital prints taken […]
Cape Elizabeth and South Portland Meetings: March 14-21
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 3/17 6 p.m. Council Budget Review Town Hall Tue. 3/18 3:45 p.m. School Board Negotiations Town Hall Tue. 3/18 7 p.m. Planning Board Zoom, Town Hall Wed. 3/19 3:45 p.m. School Board Negotiations Town Hall Thu. 3/20 6 p.m. Council Budget Review Town Hall Thu. 3/20 6 p.m. F.W. Park Committee Community […]
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