Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough has received a rare award for its level of care. Ever since her father, a World War II-era veteran, moved into the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough this past summer, Jodi Dvilinsky makes it a point to drive from her house in Portland to eat dinner with him every night. […]
2016
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Major brewery expansion imminent
Maine Beer Co. will begin a major expansion of its Freeport facility soon, a Freeport town official says. Cliff Goodall, chairman of the Freeport Project Review Board, said last week it’s his understanding that Maine Beer Co. is ready to begin its expansion “in a couple of weeks.” Maine Beer Co., in operation only for […]
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Scarborough Police Notes
Arrests Oct. 25 Thomas J. Doherty-Scannell, 36, of Pequawket Trail, Steep Falls, was arrested at 1:01 p.m. on Running Hill Road by Officer Timothy Barker on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. Nathaniel A. Lord, 33, of Skip Road, Buxton, was arrested at 2:08 p.m. on Beech Ridge Road by Officer […]
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‘Macbeth’ spoof offers students less toil and trouble
Tasha Graff, an English teacher at South Portland High School, believes that “Macbeth” is one of Shakespeare’s most accessible works. To help that along, this school year she’ll also be using a new play that brings the action right into the halls of a typical American high school. Graff and the other sophomore English teachers […]
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‘Macbeth’ spoof offers students less toil and trouble
Tasha Graff, an English teacher at South Portland High School, believes that “Macbeth” is one of Shakespeare’s most accessible works. To help that along, this school year she’ll also be using a new play that brings the action right into the halls of a typical American high school. Graff and the other sophomore English teachers […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Yarmouth News
Ceremony for vets The ceremony for Veterans Day will begin at 11 a.m., on Memorial Green, in front of Town Hall. Parking ban starts Tuesday The on-street winter parking ban will be in effect from Tuesday, Nov. 15 to Saturday, April 15, 2017. Poetry workshop for ages 50-plus Martin Steingesser, Portland’s first poet laureate, is […]
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Live in Durham: Scrooge, spirits and more
Tim Ryan, drama director at Durham Community School, chose the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” for the school’s play, scheduled for Nov. 17-18 at 6:30 p.m. Once Ryan began organizing what turned out to be a 79-student cast of students in grades 4-8 for the production, he was surprised at how many of them […]
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Live in Durham: Scrooge, spirits and more
Tim Ryan, drama director at Durham Community School, chose the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” for the school’s play, scheduled for Nov. 17-18 at 6:30 p.m. Once Ryan began organizing what turned out to be a 79-student cast of students in grades 4-8 for the production, he was surprised at how many of them […]
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Three events put focus on veterans
Michael Beattie of Connecticut, founder of Biking for Vets, will speak to the need to help homeless and hungry veterans on Friday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day, at L.L. Bean. Beattie’s presentation, “Cycling for a Cause – Hungry Veterans,” begins at 7 p.m., in the camping atrium of the L.L. Bean Flagship Store. The L.L. Bean […]
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RSU readies for input on name change
Regional School Unit 5 directors have invited the public to a question-and-answer session on the concept of changing the name of Freeport High School, from 6-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, prior to the board meeting in the school library. The school board discussed the possibility of changing the school’s name this past summer, as […]