SCARBOROUGH – Much ‘meaningful’ learning is taking place as Scarborough first- and fifth-graders team up to adapt for the stage the works of Maine authors. SCARBOROUGH – Thirty-nine schoolchildren, made up in a menagerie of hand-crafted animal costumes, stand in the middle of the Scarborough High School auditorium stage when Grade 5 teacher Patrick Reagan […]
February 2012
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No charges against NYPD chief’s son after rape claim
The woman told police last month that Greg Kelly raped her in a lower Manhattan office, but prosecutors said they couldn’t find cause to charge Kelly.
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Initial budget sees 3.4% tax hike in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH — Number-crunching season has arrived with the release of school and municipal draft budgets and workshops. Town Manager Nat Tupper presented a draft budget for fiscal 2013 detailing $10.6 million in spending, a 1.14 percent increase over the current budget. The municipal budget draft to be reviewed by councilors before it is presented at […]
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Scarborough may limit fireworks use to five days a year
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough is on the verge of limiting the use of consumer fireworks to just five days during the year, and if you’re scared by the commotion created on those days, feel free to sound off about it – even if you’re a dog. In what Town Manager Tom Hall termed a “dramatic departure” […]
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Scarborough police log – 2/9
Arrests Monday, Jan. 30 Sean Michael Baker, 29, of Portland, on Beech Ridge Road and Heathwood Lane at 6:59 a.m., on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. Reed Jenks, 19, of Old Orchard Beach, on Broadturn Road and Saratoga Lane at 1:16 p.m., on a charge of operating a motor […]
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Scarborough police log – 2/9
Arrests Monday, Jan. 30 Sean Michael Baker, 29, of Portland, on Beech Ridge Road and Heathwood Lane at 6:59 a.m., on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. Reed Jenks, 19, of Old Orchard Beach, on Broadturn Road and Saratoga Lane at 1:16 p.m., on a charge of operating a motor […]
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CURRENT calendar – 2/9
Friday, Feb. 10 Scarborough Kiwanis Club lunch, every Friday, noon-1 p.m., at Cabela’s, located at 100 Cabela’s Blvd., Scarborough. To find out more about Scarborough Kiwanis, go to www.scarboroughkiwanis.org or contact the club president, Dan Smith, at [email protected]. The Kiwanis Club of Scarborough’s 13th annual fundraiser, 6:30-11 p.m., for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program, The […]
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EDITORIAL – Sebago Education Alliance should serve as model for school districts
Special education has proven to be one of the most vexing issues facing Maine school districts. Through the last two decades, as the field of special education has grown more sophisticated and the level of knowledge on the subject has improved significantly, districts have been better able to identify students with special needs. From 1993-2002, […]
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NH Senate votes to study allowing guns on campus
A second bill would allow gun owners to transport shotguns and rifles with a bullet in the chamber.
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E. Machias school cancels classes for funeral
Washington Academy cancels classes so students can attend the funeral of sixteen-year-old Francis Finn, who was a passenger in a pickup truck crash.