Books to dream with

I don’t know about you, but it used to be that when I visited those “big box” home improvement stores, one of my favorite places to spend some time was the book section. I adored all those lovely books laden with nice photographs of just about every potential project that you might ever want to […]

Oldies Dance ticket sales benefit Ronald McDonald House

YORK COUNTY — Rock n’ Roll fans are cheering the return of a popular Oldies Dance in Biddeford next month which will assist a deserving local charity. On March 21, York County’s Oldies Dance Group will present the 18th Rock n’ Roll Oldies Dance at the Eagle’s Hall in Biddeford with 300 tickets up for […]

Biddeford High School Quarter 2 Honor Roll

Grade 12 HIGH HONORS: Cori Cote, Jillian Greenleaf, Seth Harding, Madison Huff, Claudia Janelle, Brandon Martin, Michael O’Driscoll, Gracie Ouellette, Kaylee Perron, Cameron Roy and Hunter Roy. HONORS: Kirstyn Berry, Skyler Burnham, Orion Clarke, Andrew Curtiss, Margeurite Dallaire, Zachary Gibson, Maxwell Goodwin, Zachary Kimball, Anthony Mariello, Lilyanne Melton, Shalyn Menard, Megan Mourmouras, Isaac Pierce, Sydney […]

The York County Farmers Network and York County Soil and Water Conservation District’s recent winter breakfast meeting culminated the 75th Anniversary of the district. The feature presentation of the meeting was recognition of the 2019 Outstanding Forestry Award to Richard Rhames of Biddeford, and the 2019 Outstanding Conservation Award went to Snell Family Farm of […]

Biddeford resident gets forestry award

The York County Farmers Network and York County Soil and Water Conservation District’s recent winter breakfast meeting culminated the 75th Anniversary of the district. The feature presentation of the meeting was recognition of the 2019 Outstanding Forestry Award to Richard Rhames of Biddeford, and the 2019 Outstanding Conservation Award went to Snell Family Farm of […]

Letters to the editor Feb. 13

Boomberg should be Democratic presidential nominee To the editor, On Feb. 3rd, my wife and I went up to Scarborough to see Mayor Mike Bloomberg speak at his new campaign headquarters. I am convinced that he is the Democratic candidate that can free us from the rampant incompetence of the current administration. Mike is everything […]

Sister Estelle Leblanc

BIDDEFORD — Sister Estelle Leblanc, formerly known as Sister Estelle Marie, died at St. Joseph Convent, Biddeford, ME on Feb. 11, 2020 at the age of 98. Sister Estelle was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Jan.12, l922, to Eugene LeBlanc and Angelie Allard Leblanc. Sister Estelle was the first born of a family of four […]

Nor’easter Catholic focused on enhancing faith at University of New England in Biddeford

BIDDEFORD—It’s just before 8 p.m. on Sunday night and students gather inside the St. Francis Room of Jack S. Ketchum Library on the Biddeford campus of the University of New England. The draw is not a lecture or study group. It’s a weekly, on-campus Mass, one of the many opportunities for building community and enhancing […]

SHS cheer team to compete at state tournament

Residents asked to participate in adopt a fire hydrant program

Now that we are in the heart of the winter season I wanted to remind everyone of the Scarborough Fire Department’s Adopt a Hydrant program. In Scarborough we have a variety of different types of fire hydrants. Our community is so large we are actually covered by two separate water districts. The Portland Water District […]