During the March 4 Biddeford City Council meeting, acting city manager Brian Phinney provided the council with some concerning and significant updates regarding the finance department. According to Phinney’s regular report to the council, the city could be facing: According to Phinney, the city is also nearly three years behind […]
Month: March 2025
Biddeford’s Housing Crisis, Part Three
Editor’s note: This is the third and final installment of our three-part series regarding Biddeford’s housing crisis. When discussing Biddeford’s housing crisis, the bulk of the conversation often settles upon issues of homelessness, low-income housing or so-called “affordable” housing projects. But there is another important piece to the puzzle. Over […]
City denies FOIA/FOAA requests
The city of Biddeford has denied the Biddeford Gazette’s request to release an internal email regarding the abrupt departure of former City Manager James Bennett on Feb. 20. The Gazette first learned that Bennett was leaving his post early by obtaining a February .20 email that was distributed to all […]
OPINION | The Times, They Are A Changin’
The news was inevitable, but still sad. We learned yesterday that the weekly Biddeford-Saco-OOB Courier will no longer be printed and now accessible only in digital form, online. This is just part of a global trend in the newspaper industry. Let’s face facts. The cost of printing and distribution are […]
Biddeford-Saco Courier will no longer be printed, online only
According to its parent company, the Biddeford-Saco Courier — and several other weekly publications — will no longer be printed and will only be available online. The Courier and many other newspapers throughout southern Maine, including daily and weekly publications, are owned by the Maine Trust for Local News. Carolyn […]
A season not soon forgotten: Coach Jeannine Paradis
More than 48 hours after the final buzzer, Coach Jeannine Paradis’ voice is still hoarse, and she jokingly said that her blood pressure has not yet returned to normal. Paradis is the head coach of the Biddeford High School Girls’ Basketball team, and unless you’ve been living under a rock […]
Political gamesmanship threatens vulnerable Mainers
By HENRY INGWERSEN, State senator The last time I wrote to you, I spoke about the importance of MaineCare, our state’s version of the Medicaid program. MaineCare provides health care to low-income families and children, people with disabilities and pregnant women, and is overwhelmingly supported by Maine people. I also […]
