Dina Mendros

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Published
July 2, 2020

Biddeford sailor shifts fuel aboard 7th Fleet flagship

SULU SEA — Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Eric St. Amand, from Biddeford, shifts fuel between fuel tanks aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and, as 7th Fleet command ship, actively works to foster relationships with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific […]
Published
July 2, 2020

Local students graduate, earn honors

Jordan Stickles of Biddeford has graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the University celebrated its Spring 2020 Commencement on April 25 with a special virtual toast in honor of the graduating students. During an online celebration of Bowdoin College’s Class of 2020, held May 23, 2020, bachelor of arts […]
Published
July 2, 2020

Letters to the editor, July 2

America’s greatest holiday, the Fourth of July To the editor, Fly a Flag? Honor your veterans! Just not at Laurel Hill Cemetery — “It interferes with the weed wackers trimming around the grave stones,” says the grounds superintendent. For many years, the American Legion, The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Boy Scouts and many other volunteers […]
Published
July 2, 2020

Mill Voices: Pat Brown reminisces

Biddeford Mills Museum recorded interviews with more than 50 former Biddeford Mills employees in 2012 and 2013. This summer you can read excerpts from some of those videos right here in a series titled, “Mill Voices.” The full set of videos will be available for viewing at the Museum when we reopen later in the […]
Published
July 2, 2020

2020 IRONMAN 70.3 Maine Triathlon canceled

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Based on the mandate from Governor Janet Mills in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRONMAN 70.3 Maine triathlon, originally scheduled for Aug. 30 in Old Orchard Beach will not take place in 2020. It will return on August 29, 2021. “In what has been a continually evolving and challenging time […]
Published
July 2, 2020

St. James third quarter honor roll

BIDDEFORD —The following students made the St. James School third term honor roll. Grade 4 Highest Honors: Addison Barrs, Faith Conant, Chloe Gendron, Olivia Hunter, Ella Madden, and Lily Whitehurst; Honors: Addison DiCianni, Brayden Houle, and Nicholas Searcy; and Honorable Mention: Livie Dunbar, Grace Edstrom, Isabel Huot, Logan Leblanc, and Cora Saucier. Grade 5 Highest […]
Published
July 2, 2020

Biddeford offers youth free meal program

BIDDEFORD — The nutrition program through Biddeford schools is sponsoring the USDA Summer Food Service Program, which provides free meals for those ages 18 and under. The program, that runs through Aug. 28, offers meals at Biddeford Middle School, 25 Tiger Way, for breakfast and lunch pick-up from 10:30 a.m. to noon; breakfast and lunch […]
Published
July 1, 2020

Community support essential for successful return to school

At this time of hardship for many, we simply cannot overlook the significant role that schools play in our community. What we may have taken for granted in the past, this pandemic has forced us to see. Our students need their teachers and their peers to enrich their lives and help them on their journey […]
Published
June 30, 2020

Due to coronavirus concerns, AARP Foundation Tax-Aide suspends service through 2020

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, the nation’s largest free, volunteer-based tax preparation and assistance service, has announced that State of Maine AARP Foundation Tax-Aide sites will not re-open in 2020. In mid-March, due to COVID-19, the national AARP Foundation Tax-Aide office suspended tax preparation at all tax preparation locations throughout the country. Shortly thereafter, also because of […]
Published
June 30, 2020

Chenette: No reason not to vote by mail

Vote by mail is simple. Vote by mail is safe. Vote by mail is secure. It’s a sad statement of our current political affairs that I must write a defense of our Democratic institutions. For some reason, voting by mail is becoming a partisan issue. With most Democrats supporting it, while many Republicans are lining […]

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