SOUTH PORTLAND – The city has welcomed eight new restaurants in recent months, with six more ready to open by mid-August. SOUTH PORTLAND – There may be few people more excited about the explosion of new restaurant openings in South Portland than Richard Grotton. That because he’s both a resident of the city’s east end […]
2013
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Maine Mall drops property tax appeal
SOUTH PORTLAND – The Maine Mall has dropped appeals of its municipal tax assessments for fiscal years 2009, 2010 and 2012, according to city officials. Chicago-based General Growth Properties, reportedly the second-largest owner of mall property in the United States, contested property assessments on nine of 12 lots it owns on and around the Maine […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current
LePage, Kamen herald new robotics education effort
SOUTH PORTLAND – The Robotics Institute of Maine, founded last October as part of the business services division of the Manufacturers Association of Maine, got a big boost last week from Gov. Paul LePage and nationally acclaimed inventor Dean Kamen. A $75,000 donation from Fairchild Semiconductor also didn’t hurt. Using the Fairchild funding, which continues […]
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Scarborough Sanitary District eyes legal action
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Sanitary District trustees are not a group known for eliciting headlines. However, the group has two items on its docket that could land the district in court, albeit as plaintiff. One battle involves a $14,300 bill sent to the Maine Veterinary Referral Center on Technology Way in the Scarborough Enterprise Business […]
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Maine coalition: Less carbon pollution would benefit lobsters
Businesses and environmentalists say Maine should endorse President Obama’s climate-change plan to help protect the state’s most important fishery.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Web
EDITORIAL: New law aids Lyme disease patients
The Maine Legislature last month approved LD 597, An Act To Inform Persons of the Options for the Treatment of Lyme Disease, after considerable debate on the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, a condition that is becoming more prevalent in Maine and throughout the United States. Lyme disease comes from a bacteria spread through […]
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Bethel man dies in wood chipper accident
The victim, 60-year-old Sam Chapman, owned Chapman’s Tree Services and was also an avid golfer and a popular local songwriter.
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Scarborough High School fourth quarter honor roll
Fourth quarter SENIOR HIGH HONORS Abigail Chadburn, Brenna Clavette, Katherine Daniels, Sofia Diaco, Austin Downing, Sarah Edwards, Grace Farnkoff, Michael Gregoire, Emily Kyte, Taylor LeBorgne, Caroline Martin, Paige Moore-Haskell, Sorenda Muth, Stephanie Ostrowski, Marisa O’Toole, Alison Pelczar, Maria Philbrick, Aaron Ravin, Patrick Rogers, Anthony Verzoni, Katherine Wahrer, Siu Zheng Huertas. SENIOR HONORS Maya Ahluwalia, Jake […]
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Q&A with Linda Cohen, president of the South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber
SOUTH PORTLAND – There aren’t a lot of people who wear more hats that Linda Cohen, at least since she retired from a career in municipal administration, first as South Portland city clerk from 1989 to 2001 and then at the same role across the Fore River in Portland, until 2011. A partner with her […]
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Mainers await call to help in Arizona
Four rangers with the Maine Forest Service are poised for a possible call up to help fight deadly wildfires raging across several western states. “We have our bags packed and ready to go,” said Matt Gomes, regional forest ranger for the Maine Forest Service. “When you sign up and get posted, you commit to a […]