Dina Mendros

Courier/Leader

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Published
February 28, 2020

Letters to the editor

Vote no on Question 1 To the editor, Vaccines have become a victim of their own success. Many parents of school aged children, do not remember what it is like to have the Measles, or Polio. This is because we all needed to be vaccinated to attend school. Maine’s school vaccination opt out rates surpass […]
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February 28, 2020

Scarborough residents get academic honors

The University of Maine at Farmington announces its dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester. UMF maintains a dean’s list each semester for those students completing a minimum of 12 credits in courses producing quality points. Students whose grade point average for the semester is equal to or greater than 3.8 are listed with high […]
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February 28, 2020

Girl Scouts give back

Girl Scouts from Gorham, Westbrook and Scarborough (Nonesuch Service Unit) celebrated World Thinking Day on Feb. 8. They collected art supplies for The Girls Foundation of Tanzania and had a speaker from the Foundation attend. The girls learned about WAGGGS, and did activities that explored this year’s theme “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.” The girls also […]
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February 28, 2020

Scarborough Spirit on Valentine’s Day

The spirit of Valentine’s Day is shared every year in Scarborough by the Magnolia Mirage. The Mirage spreads neighborliness throughout the Magnolia Place development, a 55+ development off Highland Avenue, by posting large, red Valentine’s Day hearts on every garage door in the neighborhood. No one knows, officially, who the secret Cupid is, but the […]
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February 28, 2020

Scarborough resident becomes broker with Coldwell Cape Elizabeth office

Joseph P. Doherty Jr. of Scarborough has affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cape Elizabeth office. Doherty has become a real estate agent after 20 years of experience in the U.S Navy retiring as a baval officer with specialties in Command, Control and Communications and 20 years as a business executive in multi-billion-dollar technology […]
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February 28, 2020

VIP Tires & Service donates $97k to Make-A-Wish ®

VIP Tires & Service, a full-service automotive repair, maintenance, and tire shop, announced that its 59 locations across New England have raised and donated $97,306 to Make-A-Wish®. The funds were raised in November and December, during the company’s annual Season of Wishes Paper Star Campaign with stores from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont participating. […]
Published
February 28, 2020

Governor Mills: Join me in protecting our children

Vote No on 1 March 3.
Published
February 27, 2020

Biddeford council approves design contract for Lincoln Park Green Space

One city councilor believes the project will be the ‘cornerstone’ of mill redevelopment.
Published
February 27, 2020

Spring’s first song is one of joy

The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet … his frame charged with buoyancy and his heart with song. ~John Burroughs A few nights ago, I noticed that my cat was spending a bit more time than usual at my bedroom window. She seemed intent on something out […]
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February 27, 2020

Urgent need for volunteer drivers at the Sam L. Cohen Center in Biddeford

BIDDEFORD — The Southern Maine Agency on Aging’s, or SMAA, Sam L. Cohen Center in Biddeford needs volunteer drivers to pick up and drop off members using a Cohen Center car or van. Volunteers are needed mornings and afternoons, Monday through Friday. Driving experience, a clean driving record, and the ability to pass a background […]

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