CAPE ELIZABETH – Three candidates are vying Nov. 4 to fill two seats on the Cape Elizabeth School Board. Retired school superintendent Barbara Powers is up against School Board incumbents Elizabeth Scifres and Joanna Morrissey. The two available positions are for three-year terms. Barbara Powers Age: 63 Occupation: Retired school superintendent for Falmouth schools Political […]
October 2014
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Lawyer: Sign ban iffy
CAPE ELIZABETH – Cape Elizabeth officials will weigh continuing the ban on political signs in traffic medians after they learned from a lawyer that the local sign ordinance might not hold up in court if challenged. The town does allow other types of non-political signs on traffic islands and other town-owned property. “We looked at […]
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Schools aim to improve attendance, discipline
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland School Department is putting new emphasis on getting kids in the door each day, particularly at the high school and kindergarten level, this academic year. In addition to increasing regular attendance, the high school is also focusing on ways to decrease the number of detentions and suspensions handed down […]
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2 Americans, 1 German win Chemistry Nobel
The scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing new methods that let microscopes see finer details than they could before.
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Council adopts town center plan
CAPE ELIZABETH – An updated version of the Cape Elizabeth town center plan that was first adopted in 1993 was approved by the Town Council at its meeting Monday. Council Chairwoman Jessica Sullivan said the plan would serve as a planning guide for land use in the town center district. The Town Council also voted […]
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Nice Weekend Ahead for Columbus Day Holiday
It appears we are going to be very fortunate with the weather this weekend. Friday will be dry along with sunshine and readings in the upper 50s to around that 60F mark. Columbus weekend is a big leaf-peeping weekend and many tourists will be streaming into Maine beginning early Friday afternoon. There is going to […]
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Current News Briefs – 10/9
SMCC open house Southern Maine Community College is holding an open house at its South Portland campus for anyone interested in attending the school. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m.-noon. Attendees will learn about the academic programs offered at the school, have […]
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Council, hockey group agree on rink’s benefits
SCARBOROUGH – Going into last week’s workshop on a proposed ice arena in Scarborough, the Town Council had two basic questions that needed answering before it could support community involvement in the project. Those questions were both answered in the affirmative, laying the groundwork for the likely OK of a memorandum of understanding between the […]
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Sierra Leone: Burial strike leaves Ebola dead in streets
The World Health Organization says Ebola is believed to have killed more than 600 people in Sierra Leone, where there have been more than 2,100 confirmed cases.
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EDITORIAL: A question of bonds
On Nov. 4, Maine voters will be faced with six statewide bond referendums, ranging from establishing a center for researching the genetic origins of cancer to providing money for protecting drinking water sources. While some of the questions deserve voters’ support and offer enough information to get a gist of how the taxpayers’ money would […]