Dina Mendros

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Published
May 26, 2022

St. James students in Biddeford raise close to $7,000 during Casual for a Cause initiative

BIDDEFORD — Generosity, service, and community, hallmarks of the St. James School experience, and all on full display during the school’s Casual for a Cause initiative. “Each month, students participate in Casual for a Cause where they decide upon a worthy charity for which to donate. This is decided upon by the Student Council,” said […]
Published
May 26, 2022

UNE celebrates its 187th Commencement

On Saturday, May 21, 2022, the University of New England, with a campus in Biddeford, awarded more than 1,600 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, health sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, human services, education, and management during its Commencement exercises at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. This was […]
Published
May 26, 2022

UNE gets new provost

BIDDEFORD — Gwendolyn Mahon, M.Sc., Ph.D., will assume the role of university provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of New England in Biddeford, effective Oct. 24. Mahon joins UNE with significant experience in several leadership positions over the past 24 years at Rutgers University. For the past seven years, she […]
Published
May 26, 2022

Letters to the editor, May 26

Support Sicard for county commissioner To the editor, County government might not always get into the news, but it plays a surprisingly big role in our lives — it oversees the sheriff’s department, the county jail, the county courts including probate, deeds and records, some of the Covid testing sites, as well as the distribution […]
Published
May 26, 2022

Angel Torres disappeared from Biddeford 23 years ago

His parents hold out hope someone will step forward to say what happened to him.
Published
May 25, 2022

Rescheduled poetry reading with Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma to be held June 5 at Scarborough library

SCARBOROUGH — Maine Poet Laureate Julia Bouwsma will read from a selection of her wok at the Scarborough Public Library on Sunday, June 5 at 2 p.m. She will read from her published collections, “Midden” and “Work by Bloodlight.” The poetry reading, rescheduled from late April, will be the inaugural event in the library’s new […]
Published
May 23, 2022

Leopold (Sonti) Gregoire

June 5, 1934 – April 22, 2022
Published
May 23, 2022

Obituary: Christine M. Benoit

1955 ‒ 2022
Published
May 20, 2022

New addition to Scott & Sunny Townsend Team

Heather Anderson has joined the Scott & Sunny Townsend Team as a Buyer Specialist. Born and raised in Southern Maine, Heather comes to the team with a bachelor’s degree in Communications after having worked for local radio stations and newspapers and running her own business. In her downtime you will find Anderson doting on her […]
Published
May 20, 2022

Enclave residents adopt giant panda

After residents of the Enclave of Scarborough said they wanted to give back to animals on a larger scale, the buildings Lifestyles team, Amber Tarvers Jr. and Randi Gonneville, surprised their community with a gift. They symbolically adopted a giant panda through the World Wildlife Fund. WWF sent a certificate of adoption and certified letter […]

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