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Dina Mendros

Courier/Leader

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  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    Girl Scouts of Maine team up with Bureau of Parks and Lands to offer free entry to Maine state parks

    Girl Scouts from around the state are invited to participate in Girl Scouts Love State Parks, a two-day celebration providing Girl Scouts of Maine (GSME) members with free entry to Maine State Parks on Sept. 9 and 10 this year. The weekend offer applies to all Girl Scouts and their family members accompanying them in […]

  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    Falls not inevitable when aging

    September is National Falls Prevention Awareness Month, and The Southern Maine Agency on Aging is holding classes, A Matter of Balance and Tai Chi, to help improve balance and prevent falls between September and November. These classes are designed to enrich the quality of life for adults 60 and over by improving their physical wellness […]

  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    UNE welcomes Class of 2027

    BIDDEFORD — The University of New England welcomed the Class of 2027 on Sunday, as approximately 450 new Nor’easters moved into the Biddeford Campus to start the fall semester. The incoming class includes approximately 700 students hailing from 32 states and is the most ethnically diverse undergraduate class at UNE to date. The Class of […]

  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    Legislature repeals LD290, Property Tax Stabilization for Seniors

    SACO —In their most recent session, the Maine Legislature voted to repeal LD290, the Property Tax Stabilization law. As it existed, the program would have disproportionately favored higher value properties without recognition of a resident’s ability to pay. Because of this, the program’s costs would have ballooned out of control, according to a City of […]

  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    Ruralist Lament: That awful thing

    It’s raining again today, as it has for much of this summer. So instead of trudging around in the mud all day, questing for corn, spuds and the rest, my attention turns briefly to finding a topic timely and perhaps of interest to the reader. As we approach the end of summer, September beckons and […]

  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    Obituary: Yvette Loranger

    Yvette Loranger, of Saco and formerly of Biddeford, Maine passed away peacefully at the age of 102 at the Wardwell Assisted Living Facility in Saco on Aug. 22, 2023. Yvette was born on Dec. 30, 1920, in Biddeford, Maine. She was the daughter of Joseph and Delia Baillargeon and was raised with two brothers and […]

  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    Local residents earn academic honors

    Grace Keenan from Scarborough has been named to St. Lawrence University’s Dean’s List for achieving academic excellence during the Spring 2023 semester. Keenan is a member of the Class of 2025 and is majoring in anthropology. Keenan attended Scarborough High School. Easy Ocampo, of Scarborough, was named to first honors on the Clark University Dean’s […]

  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    Scarborough man dies after vehicular accident

    SCARBOROUGH — A Scarborough man died after Scarborough Fire and Police Departments responded to a reported motor vehicle crash on Route 1 at the Comfort Inn at 2:36 a.m. on Monday. When they arrived, emergency personnel found the lone male, 40-year-old Mudimbiyi Kalombo, unresponsive in the vehicle, police said. Life saving measures were performed and […]

  • Published
    August 28, 2023

    Letters to the editor, Sept. 1

    New, unified elemtary school best solution To the editor, Our primary schools have creatively saved taxpayer money at our youngest learner’s and teacher’s expense. My mother, an educator in Scarborough for 42 years, spent her last 13 years in Scarborough teaching in a portable trailer. She retired 8 years ago and the now 21 year […]

  • Published
    August 24, 2023

    Land purchase bond question for new K-2 school on Scarborough Town Council Sept. 6 agenda

    The Scarborough Town Council will resume discussions on the strategic school solution and potential land purchase at a public hearing on Sept. 6. The agenda includes a public hearing and second reading on a ballot question for a $160M K-8 strategic school solution to address the inadequacies in three K-2 primary schools and the middle […]

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