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- Secretary of State Matt Dunlap Takes Oath For Third Term: Outlines Goals
Matthew Dunlap of Old Town took the oath of office this afternoon in the chamber of the House of Representatives for his third term as Maine 's 47 th Secretary of State.
- Adoption Records Open Up
Today is the day many adoptees in maine have been waiting for. A new law takes affect giving them access to their original birth certificate.
- Robbery suspect gets worst end of exchange
OLD ORCHARD BEACH : Apart from the obvious reasons, anyone thinking about robbing the Old Orchard Beach House of Pizza might be wise to reconsider, as a South Portland man recently found out.
- Polar plunge fundraisers proliferate
The Lobster Dip was launched 21 years ago as Maine's first happening where people could raise money for a good cause by stripping down in the freezing winter air and running half-naked into the bone-chilling ocean. These days, it seems as if everybody's taking the plunge, and that's threatening to saturate the fundraising field. Cold-water charity events have even spread as far as Hawaii, where volunteers last fall plunged into a pool filled with iced-down water to raise money for Special Olympics Hawaii.
- Maine Woman Sues Jail for Strip Search
An Old Orchard Beach woman who spent three days in the Cumberland County Jail has sued the county, alleging that she was strip-searched repeatedly and forced to shower in front of male inmates and guards as ...
- Lack of funds puts brakes on highway projects; DOT 'wishes' for stimulus help
AUGUSTA : Lagging revenue in the highway fund will force an immediate $9.7 million reduction to Department of Transportation projects this year, but a much larger problem looms in the form of a $500 million ...
- High court: Indian case belongs in tribal venue :
"It seems like Mainelyme likes to get attention, so why the heck are you others giving it to him... " "I wish BDN had the "previous articles" concerning this case, posted beside the "updated" stories, " ...
- Maine coastal park exercises the mind
Despite its name, you won't find even one lighthouse in Two Lights State Park. But they are nearby, one an automated light station and the other a lighthouse transformed into a private home.
- Two nabbed in York store theft thanks to Web site
Two people have been charged in connection with a theft at Hannaford's last March, thanks to the help of a little-known Web site featuring snapshots and videos of "Maine's Most Wanted." The alleged thieves, who ...
- Many Transfer Stations Helping Out With Storm Damage
A number of transfer stations across the state are helping out their citizens by accepting downed tree remnants and waiving their normal fees.
- State rejects new plover habitats
BIDDEFORD : Days after a state wildlife council narrowly rejected a measure to protect piping plover habitat at four beach locations in York and Cumberland counties, residents at the seaside neighborhood in ...
- Stuff your stocking with local treats
SPICE UP THE HOLIDAYS: Give a DennyMike gift pack. For Christmas last year, my shop-local plan had me assembling gift baskets brimming with foods for several families on my list.
- Vallejo: Bud's Giant Burgers - $4.94 burger, large fries, large drink combo
Other than marginal price increases probably nothing hasn't changed since Bud's opened decades ago.
- Workers plumb depths for library flood fix
OLD ORCHARD BEACH : After the second flood in 12 years closed the Libby Memorial Library in Old Orchard Beach last week, workers from the town's public works department may have found a fix.
- OOB councilors balk at ballpark spending
OLD ORCHARD BEACH : Old Orchard Beach's five town councilors each say they want to support capital improvement projects such as fixing 24-year-old roofs at the ballpark off Cummings Boulevard.
- Flooding Closes OOB Library
Heavy rains were too much for the drainage system to handle at the Edna Libby Library in Old Orchard Beach.
- Looking back
A Lewiston businessman remarked Thursday, "I would like to take a contract to care for the streets of Lewiston at $5,000 per year less than it costs the city to do it.
- Consolidation Questions
"I also once worked at a grocery store as a kid. I was always bothered by the people that could work " "OpinionatedinMaine----Why does this woman you speak of get this kind of money a month?I didn't know " "I ...
- Adult Ed announces college prep information sessions
OLD ORCHARD BEACH : On Thursday, Dec. 18, the OOB-Saco Adult Education program will host two college prep information sessions at the Saco Learning Center, located at 80 Common St., in Saco.
Old Orchard Beach Classifieds
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City DescriptionOld Orchard Beach is a town and census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,856 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Located on the inner side of Saco Bay on the Atlantic Ocean, the town is a popular summer beach destination, with an amusement park called Palace Playland (including a large seaside Ferris wheel). The downtown contains many tourist-oriented businesses, including clam shacks and t-shirt shops. A wooden pier on the beach contains many other tourist businesses, including a variety of souvenir shops. The seven mile (11 km) long beach stretching away from the downtown is lined with many beach residential properties, condominiums, motels and bed and breakfasts.
The Old Orchard Beach area began appearing in historical records around the time of 1653. The area was first officially settled in 1657 by Thomas Rogers, who dubbed it "The Garden By The Sea". The historic Free Will Baptist revival camp at Ocean Park, Maine was built in the 1880s by Bates College President Oren B. Cheney.
Old Orchard Beach has been promoted as a tourist destination since 1631, when ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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