John Nappi died the other day. The name will mean nothing to you. He accomplished little of what most people would call public achievement. Who is he? He is the guy you perhaps saw walking along Gorham Road, near the Maine Mall, in the Eight Corners section of Scarborough, at any time during the day […]
2016
Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Opinion
GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Bit of Old Scarborough dies
John Nappi died the other day. The name will mean nothing to you. He accomplished little of what most people would call public achievement. Who is he? He is the guy you perhaps saw walking along Gorham Road, near the Maine Mall, in the Eight Corners section of Scarborough, at any time during the day […]
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Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Sports
1,000-point club
Carly Rogers, a member of the Scarborough High School class of 2012 and now a senior at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, recently surpassed 1,000 points in her college basketball career when she was fouled and converted the three-point play with 3:24 left in the first quarter of a game in mid-February against Endicott […]
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Q&A with Eric Berry-Sandelin: City native playing lead in USM's 'Reefer Madness'
The Department of Theatre and the School of Music at the University of Southern Maine will present the Maine premiere of “Reefer Madness: The Musical,” which stars Eric Berry-Sandelin of South Portland, starting March 11. Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the […]
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Q&A with Eric Berry-Sandelin: City native playing lead in USM's 'Reefer Madness'
The Department of Theatre and the School of Music at the University of Southern Maine will present the Maine premiere of “Reefer Madness: The Musical,” which stars Eric Berry-Sandelin of South Portland, starting March 11. Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Watching the dark
Several years ago, my wife and I and some friends had brunch with a Muslim man and his wife. I had questions for this guy, but he and his spouse had just had a baby, and that’s all they wanted to talk about. Diaper rash and 2 a.m. feedings dominated not only the conversation, but […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Town meetings add spice to March’s bland days
Some people in Maine towns mark the date as soon as they get their calendar for the new year. Others don’t want to know anything about it. We’re talking about town meetings, which are designed to do some important town business and add a little excitement to this thrill-challenged time of year. When our colonial […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Regional briefs
Passport Day in Scarborough The town of Scarborough will hold its annual Passport Day in the council chambers at Town Hall on Saturday, March 5, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Staff from the Community Services Department will be on hand to accept passport applications and answer questions. The town does charge an agent fee for processing […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Regional briefs
Passport Day in Scarborough The town of Scarborough will hold its annual Passport Day in the council chambers at Town Hall on Saturday, March 5, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Staff from the Community Services Department will be on hand to accept passport applications and answer questions. The town does charge an agent fee for processing […]
Posted inPolitics
Amid derail-Trump frenzy, Republican resignation grows
Mitt Romney, the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, is expected to deliver a forceful indictment of Trump on Thursday.