Mt. Ararat Middle School students were dismissed early Monday morning after someone left a threatening voicemail.
2023
Local residents earn student honors
Seton Hall University announced that Meredith Dalrymple of Scarborough has qualified for the Spring 2023 Dean’s List. Gabrielle Kurchin of Gorham (04038) has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Summer 2023 Dean’s List. The Southern New Hampshire University named the following students as being named to the Summer 2023 President’s List: Emily Wellman of […]
Obituary – June Day Burbank
June Day Burbank, beloved 30-year Kennebunk elementary school teacher, passed away Aug. 31 at her home of 64 years in Kennebunk. She was surrounded by family, and had been under hospice care for just over a year having congestive heart failure. She had just celebrated her 90th birthday on June 2 with an outpouring of […]
Theater review: The wacky world of ‘Spamalot’ takes the stage in South Portland
Portland Players starts its season off with the Monty Python comedy.
Northern: Another compelling week in the books
No hurricane but plenty of drama and triumph as fall season rolls on.
The Tinkerbus hits the road
Fiddlehead Center for the Arts’ Tinkerbus, a new mobile learning and creativity hub, is hitting the road to bring exciting learning adventures directly to communities across Scarborough, according to a press release from the organization. The Tinkerbus is set to host a series of engaging and diverse programs at various locations throughout Scarborough and surrounding […]
UN warns disease outbreak in Libya’s flooded east could spark ‘a second devastating crisis’
Some 11,300 city residents were killed and a further 10,000 people are missing, the country’s Red Crescent said.
Maine lobsterman and lawmaker says he and his sternman narrowly survived after boat capsized
Billy Bob Faulkingham, the Republican leader in the Maine House, said he and Alex Polk are lucky to be alive after his boat was struck by ‘a giant rogue wave’ east of Mount Desert Island Friday.
Letter: Intentionally taking life is murder, abortion no exception
In response to Nancy O’Hagan’s letter (“Numbers show Mainers support abortion“) published Sept. 5, I would like to offer a thoughtful rebuttal. The problem with numbers these days is that they can only be trusted to defend a position if the source of the information also supports your position. Statistics and numbers aside, I would […]
Letter: Don’t be deluded by ‘medically necessary’ abortions
A letter from Nancy O’Hagan of Portland (“Numbers show Mainers support abortion,” Sept. 5) contained this summary passage: “I have never met a single woman that wants anyone but herself to decide if and when she gives birth.” In response, I note that in my 81 years, I have never met a single woman that […]
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