Lions Club members Ed Connolly, Gerry Butts, Dick Reid and Don Spencer help out in the kitchen at a roast beef dinner. The Scarborough Lions put on several roast beef dinners each winter to help support local non profit organizations. The Scarborough Lions Club is located at 273 Gorham Road. For more information on the […]
2006
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cutline for Lions 74
On Saturday, Feb. 4, the Scarborough Lions Club put on a “all-you-can-eat” roast beef supper to support the Scarborough Historical Society. More than two hundred meals were served. Helping to make the evening a success were Lions Grant Worthing and Don Spencer.
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Spurwink woods photo cutline
Cape resident and lawyer Richard Bryant, kneeling in the bottom left-hand corner, is leading the fight against Spurwink Woods, a proposed 42-unit development. The Neighbors for Sensible Development, surrounding him, collected enough signatures to force the town to vote on their proposed zone change. The zone change would block development by prohibiting the creation of […]
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Cape councilor will run for state house
Cape Elizabeth Town Councilor Michael Mowles is planning to run for a seat in the state Legislature this November. On Tuesday, Mowles announced he would run as the Republican nominee for House District 121, which represents part of Cape Elizabeth. Mowles ran for the same seat in 2004, losing to Democrat Connie Goldman, getting 44 […]
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Glenn Close marries David Shaw in Scarborough
There was a Hollywood wedding in Scarborough last weekend as Idexx founder David E. Shaw and actress Glenn Close were married at Prouts Neck in a private ceremony. Details about the ceremony were limited last week and Close’s publicist Catherine Olim said she could only confirm that the two were married. The pair has been […]
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Telling MOOSE tales
Senior Series will present “Storytelling and Folk Tales by Deborah Freedman.” Freedman is a Founder of MOOSE – the Maine Organization of Storytelling Enthusiasts. The program will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 11:30 a.m. at the Hillcrest Recreation Center, at 108 Hillcrest St. in Scarborough. Lunch will be served. Suggested donation $3. Please […]
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More than baseball
The Libby-Mitchell American Legion Post 76 baseball team does not concentrate just on baseball. The Post encourages the team and its players to do good deeds in the community too. Each year in December, the team raises money through holiday ornament sales and other contributions. The team makes charitable contributions to groups and people in […]
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Teams ready themselves for post-season (Current version)
Two local high school hockey teams are in the midst of their last few regular season games and will enter the state tournament with high hopes this year. Meanwhile, boys and girls basketball teams begin their post-season action next week. Scarborough’s boys skaters have compiled an impressive 12-3-1 record coming into this week. The Red […]
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Calling all kindergarteners
Kindergarten registration for the 2006-2007 school year has begun. Cape Elizabeth children five years old by Oct. 15, 2006, are eligible to attend kindergarten next fall. In order to register, parents will need their child’s official birth certificate and a completed registration form. Registration forms can be obtained at the Pond Cove Elementary School office. […]
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Farmers find a way: alpacas
Raising alpacas allows a Buxton family to keep a historic farm in agriculture and allows a mother with two children to work at home. “It’s a nice way to farm and raise your children on the farm,” said Marcia MacDonald on Monday. MacDonald and her husband, Desmond Williams, own Long Plains Alpacas. They sell products […]