NORTH YARMOUTH — A replacement for former Selectman Mark Girard will be elected next June. Girard, who was elected to the Board of Selectmen in June 2012 to complete an unexpired term, and was re-elected in 2014, announced his resignation at the board’s Dec. 15 meeting. His term expires in 2017. “As a matter regarding […]
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Scarborough school board OKs contract for superintendent search
The Scarborough Board of Education voted at a meeting on Dec. 17 to enter into a contract with the New England School Development Council to hire a new superintendent. Schools leader George Entwistle announced earlier this month that he would be retiring at the end of the academic year after heading up the school department […]
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Scarborough council deems Partridge Lane home a nuisance
The Scarborough Town Council determined at its Dec. 16 meeting that a home at 9 Partridge Lane is a nuisance and called on property owner Douglas Brown to make improvements. Brown, who had ignored previous attempts by the town to get in touch with him, appeared at the hearing last week but did not contest […]
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Scarborough soccer team sets a good example
I want to express my appreciation for the time and dedication displayed by several Scarborough High School students and members of the boys varsity soccer team who volunteered their time this fall to coach a third- and fourth-grade boys soccer team through Community Services. Nicholas Lorello, Sam Jacob and Matt Caron spent their personal time […]
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Editorial: Magic 8-Ball knows all
Current Publishing’s annual year-end tradition of consulting the Magic 8-Ball is here again, and this year we eagerly await the answers to our most probing of questions, some serious and others not so much. If past years are any indication, the little black ball with a blurry floating mechanism can be quite the fortune-teller. Last […]
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Freeport couple: ‘We want everyone to hug their kids’
The thing Patricia Donahue wants most for Christmas she can find only in photographs. The photos lie within a cabinet that she and her husband, Todd, had built in memory of their son Mason, whose life was cut short at 34 days, when he died of sudden infant death syndrome on May 23. The Donahues, […]
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‘Sticker Shock’ message at Freeport Middle: Keep liquor from kids
Freeport Middle School students, joined by Mike McManus, school resource officer, and guidance counselor Phyllis Latham, hit a couple Freeport stores that serve pizza last week. But the Interact Club members, all sixth-graders, weren’t there to sample the goods. Rather, they were on a mission sponsored by Casco Bay Create Awareness Now (Casco Bay CAN), […]
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‘Open to the insights of other traditions’ in Durham
Christmas at hand, Douglas Gwyn, the pastor of the Durham Friends Meeting, says that Christians can recognize the faith and integrity of people of other religious traditions, including Muslims. Gwyn says that we should strive to make peace “in a violent world.” The Durham Friends held a Christmas celebration Dec. 19. This year, it was […]
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‘Open to the insights of other traditions’ in Durham
Christmas at hand, Douglas Gwyn, the pastor of the Durham Friends Meeting, says that Christians can recognize the faith and integrity of people of other religious traditions, including Muslims. Gwyn says that we should strive to make peace “in a violent world.” The Durham Friends held a Christmas celebration Dec. 19. This year, it was […]
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Yarmouth News
Hometown Holidays activities wind down A coalition of local businesses, churches and community organizations has launched a new holiday initiative – Yarmouth Hometown Holidays. The community-wide partnership was created to highlight the holiday events and charitable activities that take place in Yarmouth during the holiday season. The final event is the West Side Trail fourth […]