Dina Mendros

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Published
February 27, 2020

Biddeford’s Family Fun Festival wins 10th award

BIDDEFORD — The annual Family Fun Festival, a free community event in Biddeford offered as part of the National Night Out campaign each August, has received its 10th award from the National Association of Town Watch in the twelve-year history of the event. Mayor Alan Casavant presented the award plaque to the community at the […]
Published
February 21, 2020

Biddeford woman found with needle in her arm released from hospital

The unnamed woman was not charged with a crime.
Published
February 21, 2020

Annual Passport Day in Scarborough takes place March 7

Here some answers for frequently asked questions.
Published
February 21, 2020

Giuseppe LaVopa

SCARBOROUGH — Giuseppe ( Joseph) LaVopa, 90, of Scarborough, died peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 8th after a brief illness. Joseph was born on Feb. 2, 1930 to Vito and Filomena (Giordano) LaVopa, the 11th of 15 children. As a young man he worked in his family’s Italian Bakery in the Bronx, New York. A few […]
Published
February 21, 2020

Scarborough’s first unified basketball team courts all players

The program is part of a larger effort to use sports to foster a better, more inclusive school environment.
Published
February 21, 2020

La Cebolla Roja seeks funding in order to stay in Scarborough

SCARBOROUGH — La Cebolla Roja has launched a Kickstarter campaign to keep the production of its products in Scarborough. Local resident Christina Charette launched La Cebolla Roja Jan. 1, 2018, out of her home kitchen. La Cebolla Roja specializes in making pickled red onions. The company sells two flavors, Sweet&Tangy and Hot&Spicy. According to the […]
Published
February 21, 2020

Conrad Boisvert

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Conrad J. Boisvert Jr., 88, of Biddeford and long-time resident of Old Orchard Beach, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born Feb. 9, 1932 in Manchester, New Hampshire to Conrad and Rose Anna Berthiaume Boisvert. He was educated at St. Joseph Grammar School […]
Published
February 20, 2020

Biddeford’s getting artsy

The city is forming a Public Art Committee and is looking for applicants.
Published
February 20, 2020

Governor Mills signs Biddeford legislator’s affordable housing bill Into law

The $80 million in tax credits will be available to individuals as well as corporations.
Published
February 20, 2020

SMS names January student of the month

SACO — Sixth-grade student Julia Gilbert is the January Student of the Month at Saco Middle School. Gilbert’s teachers on the Bradbury team at SMS said that she is an avid reader and writer, and recently started in the gifted and talented science class. “If Julia finishes her classwork early, you will find her nose […]

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