SOUTH PORTLAND – On Monday, the South Portland City Council started the ball rolling on a process that could lead to a revision of how they are compensated, while also taking one giant step away from how that compensation will be decided. The issue of council pay has percolated for more than a year and […]
2013
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South Portland Police promoting gun safety
SOUTH PORTLAND – In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in Newtown, Conn., and a subsequent scare in Portland days later when a young man was seen casually carrying a weapon along the Back Cove Trail, the South Portland Police Department is taking steps to promote gun safety. Late last week, the department […]
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Current Community Calendar – 1/10
Sunday, Jan. 13 Weekly winter farmers market, Sundays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. through April, at Highland Avenue Greenhouse and Farm Market, Scarborough. South Portland Winter Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Planning Office, on the corner of Ocean and Sawyer streets. For information, email farmers [email protected]. Monday, Jan. 14 Public forum, on Scarborough’s Organic Management […]
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Looking Back – Issue of Jan. 9, 2003
Despite the many new and often expensive homes going up all over Pine Point in Scarborough, especially along the beach, economic figures gathered from the 2000 Census indicate that Pine Point is an economically distressed area . That means it could qualify for federal aid in the form of Community Development Block Grants or affordable […]
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Looking Back – Issue of Jan. 9, 2003
Despite the many new and often expensive homes going up all over Pine Point in Scarborough, especially along the beach, economic figures gathered from the 2000 Census indicate that Pine Point is an economically distressed area . That means it could qualify for federal aid in the form of Community Development Block Grants or affordable […]
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LETTERS TO MYSELF – Happy, compassionate New Year
The joy and hope of this New Year are tempered by heaviness in our hearts as conflict rages around us, and young lives are lost daily. Regardless of our religious, ethnic, or political orientation, we each feel the pain of this loss, and have great compassion for families whose loved ones are lost to violence, […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Gorham pulls away from Windham
GORHAM – For three quarters Tuesday night, the Gorham Rams boys basketball team plugged away. They trailed the visiting Windham Eagles after one quarter, 11-6. After a seesaw second period, the score was even, 19-19. Then, more back-and-forth in the third quarter, which also ended even, 30-30. Finally, in the fourth quarter, the Rams began […]
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Gym Dandies riding high
SCARBOROUGH – As dawn broke over the tree line Saturday, 40 unicyclists circled the frost-covered parking lot at Scarborough High School, fogging the frigid air with their exertion. Suddenly, one youngster tumbled to the pavement from a height of six feet. Then another, and another, in rapid succession, their concentration seemingly shattered. “That’s all right,” […]
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Big win for Westbrook Blue Blazes
WESTBROOK – Despite holding a 6-2 record and playing at home, the up-to-this-point unheralded Westbrook boys basketball team knew where they stood going into Tuesday night’s showdown with 7-1 powerhouse Bonny Eagle. “We were definitely the underdogs,” forward D.J. Breunig said. “We weren’t really expected to beat them but we knew if we played well […]
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South Portland police log – 1/10
Arrests Saturday, Dec. 22 Elizabeth Buchina, 18, of Kennebunk, at 9:21 p.m. on Maine Mall Road, on a charge of theft. Sunday, Dec. 23 Keshia M. White, 24, of Manchester, N.H., at 3:45 a.m. on Anthoine Street, on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Monday, Dec. 24 Margaret Keilty, 30, of South Portland, at 10:52 […]