Cape Elizabeth Mon. 3/15 7 p.m. School Board Workshop and Public Hearing CEHS Tue. 3/16 7 p.m. Planning Board TH Thu. 3/18 6:30 p.m. Thomas Memorial Library Board TML Thu. 3/18 7 p.m. Fort Williams Advisory Commission PW Thu. 3/18 7 p.m. School Board Workshop and Public Hearing CEHS South Portland Mon. 3/15 7 p.m. […]
March 2010
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South Sports Roundup
Scarborough resident to play in all-star classic Scarborough’s Carolyn Freeman, a one-time McAuley standout, now at St. Joseph’s College, will take part in the 2010 New England Women’s Basketball Association Senior All-Star Classic on March 27. Freeman averaged 10.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game this winter. Freeman is the 19th player in […]
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South Portland hotel fire blamed on fuel tank
SOUTH PORTLAND — A fire that gutted a hotel room and damaged five others was ruled accidental by the state fire marshal’s office. Investigators said the March 4 fire at the Knight’s Inn on Main Street started when a propane tank exploded at 9 a.m., causing burns to the face and arms of a 60-year-old […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: March 10
Arrests 3/3 at 3:18 p.m. Joshua Glen Lundgren, 20, of 39 Shobe Ave., was arrested on Federal Street on a warrant. 3/3 at 7:48 p.m. Duane S. Toothaker, 39, of 334 Maquoit Road, was arrested on Maquoit Road on a charge of probation hold. 3/4 at 10 a.m. Michele A. Curry, 26, of 89 Court […]
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Orr's & Bailey's Island FD receives $42K federal grant
HARPSWELL — The Orr’s & Bailey’s Islands Fire Department will receive a more than $42,700 grant for training equipment and facility modifications, according to a press release from the office of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Collins, the ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, announced Wednesday that the funding will be provided through […]
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Bowdoin women advance to sectionals
Bowdoin College refuses to let the winter sports season come to a close. Women’s basketball Last weekend, the women’s basketball team defeated Baruch, 67-53, and Western Connecticut, 65-43, to advance to the “Sweet 16,” or sectionals of the Division III tournament, for the first time in three years. In the first victory, Katie Bergeron erupted […]
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No arrests in armed invasion of South Portland home
SOUTH PORTLAND — No arrests have been made in connection with an armed home invasion that took place last week at a Broadway home. Police said three men in their late-teens or early 20s entered the home at 58 Broadway at about 7:30 p.m. on March 4 wearing bandannas over their faces. One of the […]
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Locals do well at New Englands
Athletes from Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland took part in the recent swimming and diving and track and field New England championships. Indoor track and field held its meet in Boston Friday night. The top male finisher was Scarborough senior Ross Thomas, who was 11th in the high jump (6 feet-3 inches). Senior teammate […]
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Dancing the night away
Trish Moulton, right, of Dance Studio of Maine leads a hip hop session during last weekend’s sixth annual “STRIVE Rocks Dance Marathon” at USM’s Sullivan Gym in Portland. The 14-hour event raises money to support STRIVE, a local nonprofit that provides social, educational and employment training programs to more than 600 teens and young adults […]
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Geoghegan shines at NE track meet
Top local swimmers, track and field athletes and wrestlers measured themselves against the best in the region at recent New England meets. The indoor track and field championships were held last weekend in Boston and to no one’s surprise, one local runner stole the show. Brunswick senior Will Geoghegan continued his sensational year by winning […]