SOUTH PORTLAND – When the South Portland Board of Education gathered for budget deliberations last week at Memorial Middle School, a packed audience of more than 50 residents reserved its biggest applause for a middle school student, who argued that putting the high school hockey team on the chopping block because it has few players […]
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LETTERS: Scarborough Town Council actions unfortunate
Town Council actions unfortunate Last night’s Scarborough Town Council meeting (March 20) was an unfortunate illustration of the nature of the cabal that operates with impunity and without a knowledge or respect for fiduciary duty. The passing of the list of appointments without explanation or discussion is about a lot more than my not being […]
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Current calendar – 3/28
Thursday, March 28 Cape Elizabeth High School jazz cabaret, showcasing three big bands, five combos and the CEHS chorus, as well as the Portland-based Fogcutters big band, 6:30 p.m., in the high school cafeteria. $5, $3 for seniors, $15 per family. Tax preparation help, each Thursday, 3:45-6:40 p.m. by appointment, Scarborough Public Library. 883-4723, option […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Records provide new look at Ariz. shooting spree
The records, released by the Pima County sheriff’s department, include transcribed interviews with witnesses and various police reports, and provide new insight into how the shooting occurred.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough police log – 3/28
Arrests Monday, March 18 Andrew Warren, 26, of Westbrook, at 5:58 p.m. on Gallery Boulevard, on a charge of theft. Hope M. Champagne, 24, of Portland, at 5:58 p.m. on Gallery Boulevard, on charges of disorderly conduct (making a loud, unreasonable noise in a public place) and failure to correct name and address to a […]
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Portland Library’s new Book Mobile gets rolled out Tuesday
The 24-foot-long mobile library will be equipped with solar panels, wireless Internet capabilities and sides that open up for additional book and material storage and programming.
Posted inNews, Politics
House Democrats pass bill to hike minimum wage
The bill would increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour by 2016 and rise incrementally with inflation thereafter.
Posted inNews, Politics
Bill allowing 75 mph on I-295 advances
But a state official says it won’t lead to an increased speed limit through the Portland region.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Regional School Unit 1 taxes estimated to rise 6%
BATH — The total tax assessment to the five communities in Regional School Unit 1 could increase 6.09 percent next year, to $18.4 million. The district’s preliminary fiscal 2014 budget, discussed Monday by the RSU 1 Board of Directors, does not yet state how the assessment would be broken down between Bath, Arrowsic, Phippsburg, West […]
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Supreme Court turns away class action against Comcast
The lawsuit claimed the company’s monopoly in parts of the Philadelphia area allowed it to raise prices unfairly.