SCARBOROUGH – Abigail Carroll often jokes that she entered Maine’s aquiculture industry “by accident,” but her company, Nonesuch Oysters, has proven successful enough in three short years she has become a fixture of the Scarborough fishing scene, known among lobstermen and tourists alike as “the oyster lady.” Now, Carroll is poised to take the next […]
2013
Posted inNation & World, News
Nearly half of Greenpeace activists will be allowed to leave Russia
Greenpeace said other foreign members of the crew were expected to get their exit visas on Friday.
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A ‘fine’ gift for Scarborough Fire Department
SCARBOROUGH – A pair of longtime Scarborough residents have capped off a history of giving with a final donation to their local fire department. Fire Chief Mike Thurlow announced last week that his department has received a $10,000 gift from the estate of Louis and Tina Fineberg, residents of the Pine Point neighborhood since the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Northern Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, Web
Wolfe's Neck State Park to host winter hikes through January
Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park offers nature programs on Sundays in January at 2 p.m. through Jan. 26. Programs start at the circle of benches at the end of the second parking lot unless otherwise noted, and may include walks, talks, and activities in a beautiful natural setting. Programs last about one hour, weather permitting. […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion, Southern Forecaster
LETTERS: Keep the leash law as is
Here’s my plea to the Scarborough Town Council and Ad Hoc Committee with regard to the task of establishing an acceptable leash ordinance in Scarborough: Please remember that an overwhelming majority of voters voted to overturn the extremely restrictive ordinance that the council voted to enact. Please review all the facts, and not just the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
LETTERS: Moratorium a gift
I want to wish our six forward-thinking city councilors a most festive holiday, and to thank them for the wonderful gift of the tar sands moratorium. Their voting in support of this shows their allegiance and commitment to the citizens of South Portland (and of Maine) – that our safety, health and well-being is placed […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
LETTERS: Listen to the voters
It appears that the Scarborough Town Council is now poised to ignore the 73 percent of the voters that overturned their decision to leash dogs on beaches without any summer time for running and swimming. The referendum returned us to a fair and balanced leash law that requires leashes within 150 feet of the nests […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
LETTERS: Listen to the voters
It appears that the Scarborough Town Council is now poised to ignore the 73 percent of the voters that overturned their decision to leash dogs on beaches without any summer time for running and swimming. The referendum returned us to a fair and balanced leash law that requires leashes within 150 feet of the nests […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, Web
LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Chugging toward the New Year
Well, well, well. Holiday over, and we were not exactly models of nutritional restraint, were we? Look me in the eye. Don’t think I don’t know! Sorting through 04074-Land yellow sticky notes left on the refrigerator from 2013, we will chug, chug, chug one last time this year up the railroad tracks to tidy up […]
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Freeport fire strands family on Christmas Eve
The owners of a mobile home at 7 Starbird Lane, destroyed by fire on Christmas Eve, had the property insured, and neither was injured, Freeport Fire Chief Darrel Fournier said Thursday morning. Richard and Diane Peacock spent the rest of the night at his brother’s home in town, Fournier said. “They got out, so that’s […]