In other action, the City Council has rejected placing charter amendments on the November ballot. James Gilboy, who has served on the South Portland Board of Education for the past 12 years, has resigned his position effective immediately. Gilboy told the Current his decision was based on the fact that his wife, Beth, has taken […]
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Gun club reeling from police chief’s ruling
The Spurwink Rod & Gun Club’s executive board has met to develop “a plan of action” in response to the town suspending live fire at its shooting range on Sawyer Road, according to club president Tammy Walter. “Actions are under way on many fronts,” Walter wrote in a letter to gun club members. ?“At this […]
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Nomination papers ready for municipal, school races
Nomination papers for the Nov. 3 municipal election in Cape Elizabeth are available at the town hall on Ocean House Road and are due back to the town before 4 p.m. on Sept. 4. Three seats on the Town Council and three seats on the School Board will be up for election. Jessica Sullivan, Jamie […]
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Summer Concert Series celebrates 15th anniversary
To help celebrate the 15th anniversary of its popular Summer Concert Series the Scarborough Community Chamber of Commerce awarded the 60,000th attendee a stay and play package worth more than $300 last week. Pete Gallant, of Arundel, was the lucky winner and earned a hotel stay, a gift certificate for dinner at a local restaurant, […]
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Summer Concert Series celebrates 15th anniversary
To help celebrate the 15th anniversary of its popular Summer Concert Series the Scarborough Community Chamber of Commerce awarded the 60,000th attendee a stay and play package worth more than $300 last week. Pete Gallant, of Arundel, was the lucky winner and earned a hotel stay, a gift certificate for dinner at a local restaurant, […]
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Barnacles and Bilgewater: Local tax forecast: More of the same
On July 22, the Scarborough Town Council finalized the amount of the school budget to be voted on Aug. 4. The amount of taxpayer funding of the schools is $38.0 million, representing a 5.1 percent increase over the prior year. When combined with the slight reduction in funding for municipal operations in the coming year, […]
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Barnacles and Bilgewater: Local tax forecast: More of the same
On July 22, the Scarborough Town Council finalized the amount of the school budget to be voted on Aug. 4. The amount of taxpayer funding of the schools is $38.0 million, representing a 5.1 percent increase over the prior year. When combined with the slight reduction in funding for municipal operations in the coming year, […]
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Greetings from Zip Code 04074 (Life in the Suburbs): Bridge Generation’s leader dies
Somebody someday is going to write a book about how Scarborough, in the last 50 years or so has changed from a potato-farming/dairy/lobstering/lumbering town to a white-wine-sipping, brie-nibbling, Junior-League-function-attending, Save-the-Whales-car-wash-backing (though would never actually get their hands wet and WASH a car) Yuppie coastal community. When they do, there will be a chapter on Mickey […]
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EDITORIAL: Bad behavior
The recent hullabaloo regarding the Portland diner owner, who yelled at patrons for their crying toddler, has steamed up social media. The story has gone viral on Facebook and in local and national news media, with people splitting their allegiances between the parents and the owner of Marcy’s Diner. The story proves, once again, the […]
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Scarborough/South Portland Briefs
Sale to benefit Alzheimer’s Association A yard and bake sale to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association takes place? Saturday, Aug. 1, from 9 a.m.-noon at Comfort Keepers In-Home Care Office, 51 U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough, just over the Main Street, South Portland line. ?Household items, jewelry, toys and clothes will be available. No early birds. […]