Flo Leighton came to Biddeford in 2021 knowing almost no one. Five years later, the psychiatric nurse practitioner, educator and community advocate has built a life deeply connected to the city she now calls home. Photo by Cy Cyr The rain had moved through Biddeford overnight and finally cleared around 8 on Monday, September 14th. An hour later, Florence “Flo” Leighton walked into the Biddeford Mills carrying a handbag and sunglasses, dressed in white and wearing the enormous