Logs Saturday, Aug. 4 Animal complaint – Residents of the Mitchell Road reported finding a bat in a bedroom of the home. A similar incident was reported the following day at a home on Brentwood Road. Both animals were sent to the state lab to be tested for rabies. Both tests came back negative. Monday, […]
2012
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Fictional Maine town declared TV murder capital
British researchers find that Cabot Cove, with a fictional population of 3,500, had a shocking murder rate of 1,490 per million.
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Aug. 22, 2002
Cape Elizabeth Police Officer Mark Dorval was driving on Shore Road late one night in early June when he spotted several large dark objects blocking the road. He swerved and nearly hit them. When he got out of his car, he found 10 rocks that had been removed from a wall at a Delano Park […]
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EDITORIAL: Measures needed to spread turnpike burden more fairly
The Maine Turnpike Authority board of directors, following long deliberations and a series of public meetings, voted last week to increase the cash price of tolls at three toll plazas to help fill a budget gap and pay off long-term debt. Starting Nov. 1, motorists will pay $1 more at the York toll plaza and […]
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Current Calendar – 8/22
Thursday, Aug. 23 Benefit concert, by the Gunther Brown Band to benefit Hope Acts/Friends of Burundi, 7-8 p.m., Thornton Heights United Methodist Church in South Portland. The church is located at 100 Westbrook St., South Portland. The phone number is 774-0487. South Portland Summer Farmers’ Market, 3-7 p.m. every Thursday, on Hinckley Drive, near Mill […]
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Arts Calendar – 8/22
Theater Through Saturday, Sept. 1 “Beyond the Rainbow: The Judy Garland Musical,” Arundel Barn Playhouse, Old Post Road, Arundel. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, Wednesday matinees at 2 p.m. Also Friday, Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. 985-5552 or www.arundelbarnplayhouse.com. Concerts Thursday, Aug. 23 The Gunther Brown Band concert, to benefit Hope Acts/Friends of Burundi, 7-8 p.m., Thornton […]
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L’Heureux, UNE coach and former Sanford star, named a ‘Legend’
BIDDEFORD – Coach, athletic director, recreation director, teacher, administrator, and sometimes facilities manager and athletic trainer in her 32 years at the University of New England, Karol L’Heureux has worn a lot of different hats. Today, she’s “just” the school’s volleyball coach, a position she has served in for all 32 of those years. In […]
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L’Heureux, UNE coach and former Sanford star, named a ‘Legend’
BIDDEFORD – Coach, athletic director, recreation director, teacher, administrator, and sometimes facilities manager and athletic trainer in her 32 years at the University of New England, Karol L’Heureux has worn a lot of different hats. Today, she’s “just” the school’s volleyball coach, a position she has served in for all 32 of those years. In […]
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Maine officials ready their alternative to No Child Left Behind
If approved, public school goals would be based on how well they are doing to start with, rather than holding every school to a single standard.