Scarborough Middle School holds winter concerts The Scarborough Middle School will hold its annual winter concerts on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 12 and 13, at the Winslow Homer Auditorium, which is located at the high school. The sixth-grade band and the middle school chorus concert will be held on Jan. 12 at 7 p.m., and […]
2015
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Teaching study skills, independent learning
Like many kids these days, Jenna Trafford, a fourth-grader at the Wentworth School in Scarborough, is super busy with out-of-school activities. She takes four different dance classes each week, and her siblings are also involved in various activities. All of which means it’s difficult to find a quiet block of time to do class work […]
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Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Teaching study skills, independent learning
Like many kids these days, Jenna Trafford, a fourth-grader at the Wentworth School in Scarborough, is super busy with out-of-school activities. She takes four different dance classes each week, and her siblings are also involved in various activities. All of which means it’s difficult to find a quiet block of time to do class work […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Teaching study skills, independent learning
Like many kids these days, Jenna Trafford, a fourth-grader at the Wentworth School in Scarborough, is super busy with out-of-school activities. She takes four different dance classes each week, and her siblings are also involved in various activities. All of which means it’s difficult to find a quiet block of time to do class work […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
Library, not rink, needs support
It is my opinion that a new ice arena should not be situated on town land across from the Scarborough Public Library. ??Building the hockey rink there will:? deprive the library of overflow parking for their FREE well-attended events;? eliminate two basketball courts which provide FREE unorganized exercise;? increase vehicle traffic in that area; and? […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current
EDITORIAL: Maine in winter is no time to vegetate
Thanks to numerous derbies, festivals and other frozen events throughout the area, winter in southern Maine need not be a time to huddle near the wood stove and wait for spring thaw. It’s a time to get outside and defy that sometimes-cranky Old Man Winter. As we begin another winter season, now’s the time to […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Boys Hockey: Eagles down ‘Mob,’ 6-3
Windham’s Zack Callahan blew up the scoreboard at the University of Southern Maine Friday afternoon, hashing four goals – including a natural hat trick – in a 6-3 Eagles triumph over Bonny Eagle/Massabesic/Old Orchard Beach. Callahan elevated Windham from an early deficit, securing the game’s momentum; though the so-called “Mob” fought back late, their efforts […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Boys Hockey: Gorham ices Westbrook, 7-1
The Westbrook Blue Blazes kept pace with the Gorham Rams in the early going at USM on Friday afternoon, but near the end of the first, Gorham’s Matt Hooker edged his squad ahead, and for good. The Rams added four more in the second to escape Westbrook’s grasp, and eventually claimed a 7-1 W. “I […]
Posted inAmerican Journal
Boys Hockey: Gorham ices Westbrook, 7-1
The Westbrook Blue Blazes kept pace with the Gorham Rams in the early going at USM on Friday afternoon, but near the end of the first, Gorham’s Matt Hooker edged his squad ahead, and for good. The Rams added four more in the second to escape Westbrook’s grasp, and eventually claimed a 7-1 W. “I […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Boys Basketball: Rams roll over Bonny Eagle
Gorham’s Sam Kilborn looked nigh-unstoppable against visiting Bonny Eagle Thursday night, powering through Scots to capture rebounds beneath the basket and knocking down pretty fadeaway jumpers in a 19-point performance that led the Rams to a 53-37 victory. For Gorham head coach Mark Karter, the win shows how far his squad has come, and how […]