Dina Mendros

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May 5, 2022

Income, growth, capital preservation: Finding your balance

You can’t blame people for wanting it all, substantial portfolio income coupled with sustained capital growth, all with no risk to principal. Experienced investors know that the financial markets don’t work that way, that reward is a function of risk, and prices go down as well as up. Inflation The “elephant in the room” for […]
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May 5, 2022

Library Links: What matters most?

Maine is the oldest state in the nation. And the United States is getting older; the Urban Institute explains that the number of Americans ages 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years. Obviously, this is a very significant trend and McArthur Library is starting now to provide better services for […]
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May 5, 2022

From Augusta – A budget for working families and their children

On Tuesday, April 19, the Maine Legislature passed the supplemental budget, which features our plans for how to invest the state’s $1.2 billion surplus in Maine’s people. Then, on Wednesday, April 20, Gov. Janet Mills signed the budget into law. I’d like to discuss some of the items that will address our current challenges, offer […]
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May 5, 2022

Letters to the Editor, May 5

Thanks to a generous community To the editor, We are privileged to live in a community of people who are so willing to give of their time, talent and treasure to make this a better place to live. I’m talking about the support that local volunteers and businesses have provided to rejuvenate the West Brook […]
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May 5, 2022

Saco & Biddeford Savings supports nonprofit providing basic material needs

The bank donated $2,500 and 25 cleaning kits from an employee collection to Maine Needs.
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May 5, 2022

Local business news

PM Construction Co. Announces Expansion of Business Development and Marketing Department SACO — PM Construction Co., a vertical building contractor in northern New England, recently announced the promotion of Nick Cormier to business development manager and the hiring of Taylor Benay as marketing manager. Cormier joined PM in 2018 as a project coordinator. In his […]
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May 5, 2022

Biddeford High School students make 2021-2022 quarter 3 honor roll

Grade 12 High Honors: Josiah Aranovitch, Nadezhda Bertuch, Michaela Bouthillette, Avery Cadorette, Vivi Cao, Bella Ciampi, Kyle Dion, Rose Disciscio, Ella Ellis Daley, Lydia Fay, Hannah Gosselin, Mohammad Hakimi, Chloe Harding, Rebecca Hatt, Brianna Keely, Kelsie Keely, Kylie Kessler, Joshua Knight, Jacob Landry, Mia Libby, Barina Lighe, Ashley Lightfoot, Hong Ru Liu, Hong Xiang Liu, […]
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May 5, 2022

Rain: Without it, nothing would be

Last night the rain spoke to me slowly, saying, what joy to come falling out of the brisk cloud, to be happy again in a new way on the earth! ~Mary Oliver~”Last Night the Rain Spoke to Me” How I have decried the rain, spoiling as it did whatever plans I happened to have made, […]
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May 5, 2022

Thornton Academy robotics team competing in world championship

SACO — Two seniors from Thornton Academy in Saco are heading to Dallas this weekend, competing in the VEX Robot Competition World Championship, with “Frank,” the 25-pound robot they built. Ben Cobb and Zander Unger conceptualized the design of their robot last summer, and have spent the school year fine tuning their creation. The two […]
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May 5, 2022

Rick Knowlton retiring as Maine Water Company president

Mark A. Vannoy is to be the new president.

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