RAYMOND – Much to the delight of those who planted them, the sugar peas and early lettuce are ready to harvest, and the crops planted a month ago are beginning to sprout, all positive signs for the many gardeners who have worked tirelessly to keep bugs at bay and crops watered at the blossoming Raymond […]
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Scarborough Police Beat: June 30
Arrests 6/20 at 4:43 p.m. Megan A. McDougall, 51, of Gorham Road, was arrested on Spurwink Road by Officer Eric Lippincott on charges of operating under the influence, violating conditions of bail, operating when a license was suspended or revoked and unlawful possession of a schedule Z drug. 6/21 at 11:10 a.m. Kimberly L. Douglas, […]
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Barbara S. Lawrence, 91: Avid golfer, enjoyed opera
SOUTH PORTLAND — Barbara S. Lawrence, 91, died June 22 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Born in Westbrook on May 1, 1920, the daughter of Guy W. and Katherine S. (Smith) Spiller, she was educated in Westbrook schools and graduated from Westbrook High in 1938. After graduating Northeastern Business School she worked in Washington, […]
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South Portland likely to extend tax break for National Semiconductor
SOUTH PORTLAND — City councilors are poised to approve a one-year extension of a tax break for National Semiconductor. The move is calculated to facilitate growth at the plant after the company is acquired by Texas Instruments in a $6.5 billion deal. The city and National Semiconductor have had a tax increment financing agreement for […]
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2 Turner girls charged after videoed fight
TURNER — Two 17-year-old girls are facing disorderly conduct charges after getting into a fight that left one with a concussion and a broken bone in her face. Maine State Police used video footage of the fight that was posted online to help identify the girls involved in the June 16 fight at a baseball […]
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Independence Day events on tap in South Portland, Scarborough
SOUTH PORTLAND — Live musical entertainment will be added this year to the South Portland Historical Society’s Independence Day celebration. Festivities at Bug Light Park on Monday, July 4, will begin at 10 a.m., and Portland-based Tricky Britches will perform at 11 a.m. Kathryn DiPhilippo, the director of the historical society, describe the band’s music […]
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State Senate vote creates uncertainty for Scarborough Downs
Financial backers ‘assessing all aspects’ of Biddeford racino SCARBOROUGH — A proposal that would allow Scarborough Downs to move to Biddeford and build a racino failed Tuesday in the state Senate, leaving questions about the future of the harness racing track. The Senate voted 19-15 against the measure, which would have amended state law to […]
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Bar Harbor Lobster Museum destroyed by fire
BAR HARBOR — Firefighters say the Maine Lobster Museum in Bar Harbor has been destroyed by fire. Capt. John Lennon of the Bar Harbor Fire Department says the fire was reported at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The cause of the fire has not been determined. There were no injuries. The Bangor Daily News says a […]
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Man sentenced to 25 years in killing of toddler
Edgard Anziani, 28, of Lawrence, Mass., pleaded guilty to murder and manslaughter, but the murder charge was dropped.
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China opens world’s longest sea bridge: 26 miles
BEIJING — China has opened the world’s longest cross-sea bridge. The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26 miles (42 kilometers) long and links China’s eastern port city of Qingdao to an offshore island, Huangdao. State-run CCTV says the 110-foot (35-meter)-wide bridge is the longest of its kind and cost more than 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion). […]