A group that includes the former Lakers star and longtime baseball executive Stan Kasten agrees to buy the Dodgers from Frank McCourt.
March 2012
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Friends’ fishing trip ends in tragedy; only 1 survives
The survivor recounts the harrowing Gulf saga and the last 30 hours of a man who had been his best friend for 25 years.
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Scarborough explores outsourcing of school custodial services
SCARBOROUGH – As it heads into what town officials concede will be a tough budget year, the Scarborough School Department is looking to save money by outsourcing custodial services at its six buildings – a move the local union promises to oppose. On March 13, the department issued a request seeking cleaning companies capable of […]
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'Correction year' forces tax hike in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – Town Councilor Judith Roy may have made the most honest assessment of Scarborough’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year, presented March 21 by Town Manager Tom Hall. “I choked a little,” she said. That’s because gross spending is up 5.86 percent, to $64.2 million. Cumberland County taxes are up 5 percent, to […]
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'Correction year' forces tax hike in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – Town Councilor Judith Roy may have made the most honest assessment of Scarborough’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year, presented March 21 by Town Manager Tom Hall. “I choked a little,” she said. That’s because gross spending is up 5.86 percent, to $64.2 million. Cumberland County taxes are up 5 percent, to […]
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South Portland tax bill likely to increase
SOUTH PORTLAND – Based largely on hikes in school spending and initial payments on the high school renovation project, South Portland’s budget for the next fiscal year is expected to jump $2.01 million, or 3 percent, to a new high of $71.37 million. The proposed budget breaks down to $28.45 million in municipal spending (up […]
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'Mind' games for Dyer Elementary students
SOUTH PORTLAND – Creative thinking, out-of-the-box ideas and innovation were celebrated and rewarded when about 170 teams from all across Maine descended on the Wells schools Saturday to take part in the state Odyssey of the Mind tournament. Of those teams was a first-time participant from Dyer Elementary School in South Portland. The six-member team, […]
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'I'm so proud to be back' – Q&A with Lauren Springer of Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH – When Cape Elizabeth native Lauren Springer, 32, returned home after seven years as a preschool teacher in Brookline, Mass., she made the jump out of the classroom and into the floral industry. In January, she opened her own shop, Fiddleheads, on Shore Road in Cape Elizabeth, and now Springer has launched “Flowers […]
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Scarborough police log – 3/29
Arrests Wednesday, March 21 Philip D. Caiazzo, 21, of Gorham, on County Road at 1:07 a.m., on charges of burglary, criminal mischief and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. Lamanz A. Cooper, 24, of Scarborough, on Holmes Road at 1:09 p.m., on charges of possession of marijuana and violating bail conditions of release, and for […]
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Scarborough police log – 3/29
Arrests Wednesday, March 21 Philip D. Caiazzo, 21, of Gorham, on County Road at 1:07 a.m., on charges of burglary, criminal mischief and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. Lamanz A. Cooper, 24, of Scarborough, on Holmes Road at 1:09 p.m., on charges of possession of marijuana and violating bail conditions of release, and for […]