Children’s book author and Buxton resident, Toni Buzzeo, visited George E. Jack Elementary School in Standish to meet with the 4th grade students last week. Buzzeo talked about the process of writing a children’s book and how she must research her ideas before writing her story. She showed the students a filmstrip about Hendricks Head […]
2006
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Troubles with pond change dream home
David and Robin Dahms were hoping to move into their dream home on Beaver Pond by Christmas. Built in memory of their daughter, Brittany, who died of cancer last January, the three-bedroom ranch was going to have a deck off the back overlooking the pond, a private back yard where the family could barbecue in […]
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Scarborough Police Logs
Accidentally mailed On Dec. 5, at about 10 a.m., a customer at the Gorham Road post office thought he may have accidentally dropped $1,700 in Visa traveler’s checks in the mail slot with the rest of his mail. Stolen snowmobiles On Dec. 5, at about 5:30 p.m., a resident of Beech Ridge Road reported the […]
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Cabela's often gets tax breaks
Tax increment financing districts, or TIF districts, in connection with Cabela’s developments are not uncommon. In Hooksett, N.H., where the town is currently working with Cabela’s, 52 percent of the voters approved an $18 million TIF – twice the amount of Scarborough’s, said Town Administrator David Jodoin. When Cabela’s first approached the town, said Jodoin, […]
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Gorham 50 years ago
The Westbrook American reported on Dec. 22, 1956, that Shirley Merry would direct the annual Christmas observance at Elmwood School on South Street. The parents’ club provided candy and gifts for the tree. The school is now headquarters for the Gorham Lions Club.
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Ramblings
CUTLINE WITH ALASKA MAP: Alaska Governor-elect Sarah Palin has plans to move the state capital from Juneau to Fairbanks. Juneau is considered the nation’s most inaccessible state capital. Library fete fabulous Westbrook’s Walker Memorial Library held its annual holiday open house Dec. 14, in the beautiful room, formerly the main reading room, in the original […]
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Business owner perfects the balancing act
Info box: Katahdin Kids is at 628 Route 1 in Scarborough 883-1511 Open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. www.katahdinkids.com Julie Onorato is very good at multitasking. The soft spoken mother of four boys ranging from […]
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Meals on Wheels Christmas dinner frozen this year
Thirty-three years after the Southern Maine Agency on Aging started delivering a hot Christmas Day dinner to seniors in their homes, the agency will be unable to drop off any this year. Instead, seniors who have signed up will receive a frozen meal, delivered Friday. Larry Gross, agency director, said that in September, the organization […]
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Meals on Wheels Christmas dinner frozen this year
Thirty-three years after the Southern Maine Agency on Aging started delivering a hot Christmas Day dinner to seniors in their homes, the agency will be unable to drop off any this year. Instead, seniors who have signed up will receive a frozen meal, delivered Friday. Larry Gross, agency director, said that in September, the organization […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Meals on Wheels Christmas dinner frozen this year
Thirty-three years after the Southern Maine Agency on Aging started delivering a hot Christmas Day dinner to seniors in their homes, the agency will be unable to drop off any this year. Instead, seniors who have signed up will receive a frozen meal, delivered Friday. Larry Gross, agency director, said that in September, the organization […]