Dina Mendros

Courier/Leader

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Published
March 29, 2021

Domestic violence survivors organization to post banners in York County

Finding Our Voices will be in the area on April 2 and 3 and are inviting others to join them.
Published
March 29, 2021

Outdoor volunteer opportunity with the Scarborough Land Trust on April 3

SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough Land Trust is looking for volunteers on April 3. SLT is a nonprofit organization heavily dependent on volunteers to maintain beautiful properties such as Fuller Farm and Pleasant Hill Preserve. One of the organization’s best kept secrets is its property on the Ash Swamp Road- Sewell Woods, according to a press […]
Published
March 29, 2021

Scarborough real estate company wins award

At a recent virtual ceremony, the Scott & Sunny Townsend Team of Keller Williams was presented with the Double Platinum Award for production in 2020, the second highest tier presented to the Maine Market Center, according to a company press release. The team also closed the most properties and had the highest total market share […]
Published
March 26, 2021

Scarborough Lions Club to hold shredding event

The Scarborough Lions Club will be holding a shredding event to benefit the Scarborough Food Pantry at Saco/Biddeford Saving Bank in Scarborough at 41 Gorham Road on April 10 from 8 a.m. to noon. Donations of food or money will benefit the food pantry.
Published
March 26, 2021

Scarborough Fire Department completes vaccination mission

Since the beginning of this global pandemic, the members of the Scarborough Fire Department knew our role in the response would be unlike anything we have every faced. It included putting on layers of personal protective equipment, responding to emergency calls, working extra-long hours away from family, and assisting local residents and businesses with sorting […]
Published
March 26, 2021

Virtual presentation on coyotes takes place at Scarborough library

A partnership between the Scarborough Public Library and Scarborough Land Trust will feature conservation biologist Geri Vistein on Wednesday, April 7, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Vistein’s presentation, “Coyote … America’s Songdog,” will be offered via Zoom. More Scarborough residents are encountering coyotes in everyday life, making this program timely. The program is free and […]
Published
March 25, 2021

Scarborough Council Corner: Your opinion matters

The duty of a Town Council member is to make informed, responsible decisions in the best interests of the community as a whole. The informed part of that duty is to gather and understand the facts of the issue, including Scarborough resident input. We rely on hearing the opinions of our Scarborough community and it […]
Published
March 25, 2021

Rachel Carson teen art March contest deadline extended

Calling all children 12-18 years old. Submit art work to the Friends of Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge’s Sense of Wonder Art Contest. March’s theme is “Teen Art;” the Friends will accept photos, stories, poems or any other artistic interpretation of experiences visiting the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge is currently celebrating 50 […]
Published
March 25, 2021

Spring grows more precious with each passing year

Spring drew on … and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps. ― Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” It is amazing that, despite the fact that I’ve gardened for nearly half a century, I still […]
Published
March 25, 2021

Moving forward in our community

We recently marked the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, and amidst the grim statistical reminders of our horrifying collective ordeal, the Joni Mitchell lyric of “you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone” comes to mind. For those of us lucky enough not to get sick who spent the year physically and socially distancing […]

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