With the return of warm weather residents of South Portland should get used to seeing police officers riding bicycles while out on routine patrols. The bicycle patrol program, which was reinstituted last summer, has proved popular both with the public and with the officers themselves, according to Lt. Frank Clark of the South Portland Police […]
2015
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Scarborough High School top 10 percent
Megan Acker is the daughter of Sarah Nadeau and Ken Acker. Megan was the co-president of Interact Club, a member for the Executive Committee of the State Youth Council of the UCC Churches of Maine, and a member of National Honor Society. She has participated in the one-act plays and numerous productions at Portland Stage […]
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Scarborough High School top 10 percent
Megan Acker is the daughter of Sarah Nadeau and Ken Acker. Megan was the co-president of Interact Club, a member for the Executive Committee of the State Youth Council of the UCC Churches of Maine, and a member of National Honor Society. She has participated in the one-act plays and numerous productions at Portland Stage […]
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City student wins CLYNK contest
Isabelle Perocier, a sophomore at South Portland High School, is one of the winners of this year’s CLYNK for Art contest, which means her piece showing two hands holding the earth will start appearing on the company’s trucks in the next few weeks. Perocier is the third student from South Portland High chosen to have […]
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African students thankful for donations
Following a recent trip to the Ngamo Primary School in Zimbabwe by Christine L’Abbe?, principal at Holy Cross School in South Portland, local students raised hundreds of dollars to help their African counterparts pay school fees and more. Last week Holy Cross School received photographic evidence showing that their fundraising efforts are truly making a […]
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Students offer helping hand to those a world away
Last week, Scarborough students raised money for earthquake relief in Nepal. Valerie Razsa, a fifth-grade teacher at Wentworth School in Scarborough, said the thousands of dollars students raised for Nepal earthquake relief last week was a way for the kids to learn they can make a difference in the world. “I couldn’t be more proud […]
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Dog adoption program’s a keeper
The Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth has had great success linking its guests with shelter pets needing forever homes. New York resident Gayle Catropa, who visited Cape Elizabeth’s Inn by the Sea with her partner recently, didn’t expect to leave Maine with a new family member. Catropa and her partner had stayed at […]
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School budget 2.0 in the works
Voter apathy and misinformation about the tax impact of nearly $46.8 million in spending led to the defeat of the Scarborough school budget in a referendum last week, according to school leaders and others. “We really needed more people to pay attention to the facts, which we worked really hard to clarify,” Donna Beeley, chairwoman […]
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?Scarborough, Cape may split tab for food director?
School officials in Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth are finalizing an agreement to share Cape Elizabeth’s school nutrition director beginning in July. Under the collaboration, Peter Esposito, who has been the nutrition director in Cape Elizabeth since 2009, would serve as the director for both districts. “I think it is a great idea,” Esposito said. “I […]
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Cape Elizabeth High School top 10 percent
Daughter of Nancy and Glenn JordanHonors/Awards: Valedictorian; Scholastic art and writing awards national medalist; National Merit Scholar; all-conference hockey; all-academic hockey and field hockey; CEHS awards for excellence in AP junior English, honors pre-calculus, and honors world history; Princeton University book award; Maine Principals’ Association Award; Portland Stage Young Writer’s project winnerActivities: Debate team; field […]