A $60 million transportation bond to help fund stalled road and bridge projects is heading for a floor fight after the Transportation Committee voted late last week to attach it to the supplemental highway budget. House Minority Leader David Bowles said Monday he would force a showdown on the bond and would either call for […]
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Easter services in the Lakes Region
•Windham Hill United Church of Christ will open the church Good Friday from 3 to 9 p.m. for prayer and meditation. A service of Words and Music starts at 7 p.m. Sunrise Service on Easter Sunday will be held at Attwood Hill in North Gorham at 6 a.m. Breakfast will be served after in the […]
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Standish comp plan nearing council vote
Standish residents have only three weeks remaining to inspect the draft Comprehensive Plan before its final scheduled public hearing on May 4. On June 6, the Standish Town Council will vote on the plan’s adoption. Charged with updating and improving the existing plan, which was created in 1992, the Comprehensive Plan Update Committee has been […]
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Rotary Club sponsors Interact trip
A group of 11 students and three adults of the Rotary Interact Club from Gray-New Gloucester High School, sponsored by the Windham Rotary Club, has just returned from Mississippi where they assisted communities ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. While working with a group called Service International, the students painted, delivered Sheetrock, organized a food pantry, worked […]
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Naples blues music festival needs committee members
The First Annual Maine Blues Festival Committee is currently looking for volunteers to help them plan the festival, slated for mid-June. The festival kicks off on Friday, June 16 and continues through Sunday, June 18 in Naples. Over 20 bands are booked, most of whom are Maine Blues Society members. To complement the blues music, […]
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Gym Dandies celebrates 25 years
The Gym Dandies celebrated their 25th anniversary with a special community performance at the new Scarborough High School gymnasium on this weekend. The performance featured 60, 6-foot high, giraffe unicycles, over 100 smaller unicycles, 17 globe walkers, hundreds of jugglers, yo-yo artists, Chinese stilts, and specialized stunt unicycle demonstrations. Gym Dandies Director John Cahill founded […]
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Healthy changes to be studied further
The Scarborough Board of Education agreed to form an advisory committee that will develop specific guidelines for the district’s Wellness Policy during its meeting Thursday night. The committee’s formation is in response to complaints by some who worked on developing the Wellness Policy and felt the policy was too general and did not require any […]
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Scarborough fair spices up learning
“Get your picture taken on Mars with the rovers,” announced eighth-grader Sasha Timpson to the kids loitering in the halls at Scarborough Middle School last Friday. “Seven ways to get a stamp,” she said, trying to lure kids into the dimly lit classroom transformed into a space adventure. With so many classroom exhibits for kids […]
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Scarborough fair spices up learning
“Get your picture taken on Mars with the rovers,” announced eighth-grader Sasha Timpson to the kids loitering in the halls at Scarborough Middle School last Friday. “Seven ways to get a stamp,” she said, trying to lure kids into the dimly lit classroom transformed into a space adventure. With so many classroom exhibits for kids […]
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South Portland HS spring preview
Baseball Coach: Tony DiBiase (8th year) Spring 2005 record: 11-6 How did last season end? Lost in the second round of the playoffs Key players: Steve Bartlett; Josh Garneau Season outlook: “It’s a young team, but with talent. The key, as always, will be whether the pitching develops quick enough to compete in a tough […]