SacoBayNews.com
Saco Bay News ≡Saco Maine News
SacoBayNews.com
This Tuesday, Biddeford’s City Council will consider adopting a strategic plan to guide the use of funds from a national opioid settlement agreement. These funds, secured from pharmaceutical companies held accountable for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic, present a significant opportunity for our city to expand resources and provide critical …
Saco names new Ward 6 City Councilor - sacobaynews.com
Jan 9, 2024 · Tricia Huot has been selected as the new City Councilor for Saco's Ward 6. Huot will fill the remainder of the term left vacant when former Ward 6 City Councilor Jodi MacPhail was elected Mayor. Huot will begin serving as city councilor on Jan. 22, with the term ending Dec. 2, 2024. The city publicized the opening, asking for potential candidates to submit a …
Biddeford to pay contractor remaining funds for Seeds of Hope …
3 days ago · The City of Biddeford will pay local contractor Jim Godbout the remaining $255,000 for renovation work done for local non-profit Seeds of Hope. In June, the city approved the use of federal CDBG funding to make improvements to Seeds of Hope community center at 35 South St. so the facility could ...
Saco Rolls Out Safe Streets Program - sacobaynews.com
Oct 22, 2024 · The City of Saco has introduced a comprehensive traffic safety program intended to encourage safer driving, walking and bicycling. The need is apparently there: as stated on the city’s website, during the ten-year period from 2013 to 2023, “Saco experienced 45 pedestrian collisions and 72 bicycle involved collisions, according to Maine DOT’s Crash Query Tool.” The Safe Streets program ...
Iconic small business in Saco will soon close - sacobaynews.com
Dec 5, 2024 · After more than 50 years, one of Saco’s most well-known businesses will soon close its doors on Dec. 31, signaling the end of an era on Main Street. Former mayor Mark Johnston said he has “finally decided to retire,” and will be closing Vic & Whit’s, a deli and sandwich shop that also often served as an auxiliary office for Saco’s outspoken mayor. Johnston, 73, said he will continue ...
Single-vehicle crash on Ferry Road in Saco sends rhree to Maine …
Oct 10, 2024 · The Saco Emergency Communications Center received multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting a single-car crash in the 500 block area of Ferry Road around 6:44 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, according to a press release from Saco Police Chief Jack Clements.
SacoBayNews.com
Saco Bay News ≡Saco Maine News
New developer is asking for revisions on a plan to create condos …
Jun 20, 2024 · A former post office in Old Orchard Beach has changed hands, and the new owner wants to change a redevelopment plan that would create condominiums. In November, the Town Council approved a contract zone to allow Land Matters LLC to redevelop a long vacant former post office building at 60 Saco Ave. The contract zone approved a plan that would add two stories to the one-story building and ...
Saco voters approve school construction project - SacoBayNews.com
Jun 11, 2024 · Voters in Saco overwhelmingly approved a referendum question to allow the construction of two new school buildings. Saco residents voted 2340 to 810 to approve the $140.8 million project that will create two school buildings – a Pre-K and kindergarten building, and a first through fifth grade building- on Route One near the Mill Brook Business Park. The project will be funded 72 percent by ...