SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland High School robotics team, better know as “The Riot Crew,” has transferred to a national stage with its win in the BAE Systems Granite State Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in Manchester, N.H., March 3. (Watch the team’s matches here and here.) The team now takes its talents to the […]
March 2012
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Terror indictment: Breivik shot 56 victims in head
The 33-year-old extremist is accused of slaughtering 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway, and will likely end up in psychiatric care.
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Mother, stepfather countersue Rosa Scarcelli
The countersuit claims that Rosa Scarcelli improperly used money from low-income housing projects to fund her unsuccessful 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
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Apple unveils ‘new iPad’ with sharper screen, faster chip
The new iPad revealed today has, as expected, a sharper screen and a faster processor. What was more surprising was that the new features mean the tablet will be slightly thicker and heavier.
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Cuts to high school project won't include Beal Gym
SOUTH PORTLAND – Although the architectural landscape is shifting by the day, and even by the hour, as South Portland school officials look to make budget on the $47.3 million high school renovation project, at least two cost centers won’t be touched – Beal Gym and energy-efficient design. “There were many votes that were made […]
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Officials: High bid on SPHS renovation won't impact Scarborough project
SCARBOROUGH – With bids for the South Portland High School renovation project coming in $4 million more than available funding, Scarborough taxpayers who just approved $39.1 million bond to replace Wentworth Intermediate School may be wondering if they are in store for a similar swing-and-a-miss. However, Dan Cecil of Harriman Associates, the architect of record […]
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Fired town clerk now overseeing woman who fired her
A Norridgewock town employee who was fired by the town manager in January is elected selectman, one of five overseeing the town manager’s work.
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STORM REPORTS – Keeping Scarborough grads safe
Oxford Hills, 1979. Twelve teenagers died during graduation season, all related to drugs or alcohol. This tragedy prompted a change. Oxford Hills offered its class of 1980 an alternative: a substance-free party for graduating seniors, sponsored by parents and the community. Since then, high schools across the nation have adopted this practice, called Project Graduation, […]
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Presque Isle campus president search down to 3
UMaine Presque Isle President Donald Zillman is stepping down to return to his position as professor at the School of Law in Portland.
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2 cross-country walkers meet going opposite ways
Two men walking from opposite coasts run into each other in south Louisiana.