Scarborough’s boys and girls swim teams both topped Deering Friday to remain unbeaten. The girls (5-0) trounced their challengers, 126-57, while the Red Storm boys (4-0) held off the defending state champion Rams, 96-89. Nicole Glab, Nicole Harmon and Carrie Chykaliuk each won a pair of individual events for the Scarborough girls, while Casey Brucken […]
2006
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Understanding Asperger
It’s difficult to judge the actions of police who are responding to volatile and sometimes dangerous situations with little, if any, information. That’s why a bill being proposed by Sen. Phil Bartlett, D-Scarborough, makes a lot of sense. Bartlett’s bill would require that police officers receive training in how to deal with developmentally disabled people, […]
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Back There From Here – The Internet, paradise or pitfall
The Internet, that worldwide maze that enables people to secure goodies, find out everything about anything, and be among the more than 600 million using e-mail can, at the same time, turn like the stroke of a rapier and create the worst kind of havoc. To settle a few myths, the Internet was not invented […]
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Back There From Here – The Internet, paradise or pitfall
The Internet, that worldwide maze that enables people to secure goodies, find out everything about anything, and be among the more than 600 million using e-mail can, at the same time, turn like the stroke of a rapier and create the worst kind of havoc. To settle a few myths, the Internet was not invented […]
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Attacks unfounded; statistics telling
Here they go again. Opponents of Scarborough health and sex education curriculum are back at it again, and this time their intent appears personal. Having lost the battle in the realm of public debate, several outspoken opponents of Scarborough’s health education curriculum have now, through this paper and other local papers, taken to personal attacks […]
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Land use plan unveiled
Restricting major development to the eastern side of the Turnpike is one of the major goals that the Scarborough Comprehensive Plan Update Committee is looking at in its review of the town’s comprehensive plan. “We’re not encouraging extensive development west of the highway when the services aren’t there to support it,” said Richard Shinay, co-chairman […]
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Library seeks $6.5 million expansion
The Scarborough Library board of trustees is seeking to put a $6.5 million addition and renovation on the June ballot. The project would more than double the size of the existing library, adding 13,800 square feet to it. The Town Council is reviewing the project and will meet with the board of trustees Wednesday, after […]
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Cape logs
Complaints On Jan. 9, I, Sgt. Fay, conducted a traffic stop after observing a violation. As a result the operator, Richard Chadbourne, 19, was issued a summons for operating with suspended registration. The car was towed. On Jan. 9, I, Sgt. Fay, met with a resident of the Shore Road area regarding harassing phone calls. […]
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Cape logs
Complaints On Jan. 9, I, Sgt. Fay, conducted a traffic stop after observing a violation. As a result the operator, Richard Chadbourne, 19, was issued a summons for operating with suspended registration. The car was towed. On Jan. 9, I, Sgt. Fay, met with a resident of the Shore Road area regarding harassing phone calls. […]
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High winds cause power outages
Businesses and residences in Scarborough lost power Wednesday afternoon because of high winds. Approximately 3,000 homes and businesses lost power in the Portland service area, which includes Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth. Some 60,000 homes and businesses, primarily in York, Cumberland, Kennebec and Androscoggin counties, lost power. Central Maine Power reported damage throughout its 11,000-mile service […]