South Portland freshman Maggie Whitmore goes up for a basket during Friday’s 58-29 win over Maine Girls’ Academy in the teams’ regular season opener. Mike Strout photos. More photos below. BOX SCORE South Portland 58 Maine Girls’ Academy 29 MGA- 1 11 11 6- 29SP- 14 18 16 10- 58 MGA- Joyce 5-0-10, Mower 2-3-7, […]
December 2016
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Scarborough’s addiction-fighting Operation Hope is in danger of closing
The Police Department’s campaign to get opioid addicts into treatment programs missed out on a federal grant.
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Toy Fund’s higher demand for holiday help answered
A second truckload of children’s gifts, and donations to pay for them, are called for this year.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Another View: Introducing censorship on social media can be a slippery slope
The industry’s giants may think that they can control only bad speech, but it’s not so easy.
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Religion Calendar
“Backpack Sunday.” Backpacks collected at Portland churches will be given to patrons at St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen. St. Pius Church, 492 Ocean Ave., Portland. 4-6 p.m. Saturday, 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. “Snowfall,” the Maine Gay Men’s Chorus winter concert. $15 advance, $20 at door. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. […]
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Glenn a leading example of explorers whose faith deepened in space
He and other astronauts talked about feeling a oneness of humanity while at a distance from Earth.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Much could be gained from stricter enforcement of existing gun laws
With the defeat of the background check initiative, we need more muscle in the controls we’ve got.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Article on pipeline fight lacked link to contribute
Thank you for using the front page to bring attention to South Portland’s desperate attempt to fight our own local pipeline issue and our attempt to keep tar sands out of Casco Bay (“Funds sought to fight oil pipeline’s suit,” Dec. 7). I only wished you could have mentioned the link to the crowdfunding site […]
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Letter to the editor: Speak up to ensure Question 2 taxes are spent where intended
Whether or not you supported Question 2 this year, it appears it will go into effect. I’m writing this letter to make sure that people understand that sometimes tax revenue is directed into a general fund. This happens at all levels of government and is very common. The reason I raise this is that the […]
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Letter to the editor: Too many Americans don’t appreciate power of voting
The right to vote is a privilege that is taken for granted by many Americans. Women were fighting for the right to vote in the 1840s but were not allowed to until 1920. Some states banned Native Americans from voting until 1957. The Voting Rights Act, which protected the right of African-Americans to vote, was […]