The Courier’s Great Person Award winner is Bryan Litchfield, Saco resident and school social worker at JFK School in Biddeford. He was nominated by Biddeford resident Claire Boucher. More...
SACO – First Parish Congregational Church in Saco will offer health screening and personal care services Monday, Jan. 16, in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. day. More...
With the Legislature set to reconvene in January, Sen. Susan Deschambault (D-Biddeford) reminds local schools and students about the Senate Honorary Page program at the Statehouse in Augusta. More...
The new legislative session has begun and legislators have received their committee assignments. I am pleased to have been appointed by the Senate president to serve on the Taxation Committee. More...
One fine day last week I was perusing the fiction stacks looking for the latest bestseller about zombie tailors overrunning a town and forcibly altering everyone’s inseams when I heard the sound of unruly laughter coming from the vicinity of th More...
The Courier accepts calendar listings from nonprofit organizations. Submissions must be received 10 days prior to publication. Please email your listing to editor@inthecourier.com and indicate the date of your event in the reference line. More...
SACO – City resident Barbara Colman, who lives on Stockman Avenue, has announced that she is suing six city councilors, the mayor and the city administrator, claiming that the council’s process in approving an amendment to a contract zone More...
BIDDEFORD – City staff has offered the council changes to the city code and administration designed to improve the appearance of downtown. More...
The West Brook Skating Rink opened on Saturday, Jan. 7 for the season, after a postponement from Friday. More...
BIDDEFORD – Council members were split on whether to consider removing or changing the city’s ordinance requiring taxi cab companies to submit vehicles to an extra yearly inspection by codes enforcement. City staff presented the cou More...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former Courier reporter turned educator will lead the only school band in Maine selected to perform at the inauguration of presidentelect Donald Trump during festivities scheduled for Jan. 19-21. More...
Thornton Academy will hold an open house Feb. 1 that will provide prospective students with the opportunity to meet with the admissions team, chat with teachers, speak with current students and tour the campus. More...
To the editor: I am the founder/facilitator of the group, “Color of Community,” a group of college aged students who teach about the dangers of bias, prejudice and stereotype and the power of tolerance, forgiveness and love. More...