The Scarborough School Department is touting its new Kindergarten Kamp as a way for kids to get a head start, particularly for those children who need a boost in terms of school readiness. The camp, which is offering two sessions this summer, is designed not only to increase literacy skills, but also to give kids […]
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School bike-shop plans in high gear
The Vicious Cycle at South Portland High aims to engage at-risk students in offering bicycle repairs to the community. One way to keep at-risk students engaged and enthused about going to school is to give them something to look forward to. That’s where the new bicycle shop at South Portland High School comes in, according […]
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School bike-shop plans in high gear
The Vicious Cycle at South Portland High aims to engage at-risk students in offering bicycle repairs to the community. One way to keep at-risk students engaged and enthused about going to school is to give them something to look forward to. That’s where the new bicycle shop at South Portland High School comes in, according […]
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New gym aims to heighten physical, mental well-being
The new Salt Pump Climbing Co. gym, which will open on Haigis Parkway in Scarborough later this summer, is owned by three life-long friends and avid climbers, Taki Miyamoto, Freddie Wilkinson and Mark Richey. The gym and fitness center is slated to open to the public in mid- to late July, according to Janet Wilkinson, […]
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Morrison Center to open new branch in Portland
Morrison Center, a Scarborough-based nonprofit developmental agency, is hosting an open house to celebrate the opening of its newest facility in Portland. The community is invited for a casual open house on Wednesday, July 15, between 4-6 p.m. at 481 Riverside Industrial Parkway, with light refreshments and informal tours planned. In response to growing demand […]
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Casa celebrates new $6.2M facility
Casa Inc. recently held a ribbon cutting for its new, 16-bed, $6.2 million facility in Scarborough, which is designed to provide 24-hour nursing and other therapeutic services to the disabled residents. The nonprofit received a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development program to help fund construction of its new facility, which was […]
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Politics And Other Mistakes: Adventures in Wonderland
Republican Gov. Paul LePage today announced that he’d issued a warning to Maine’s libraries to immediately remove all books by Stephen King from their collections, or face the loss of public funding. LePage said he was taking this action because King contributed to liberal candidates and causes, and his writing featured “bloodthirsty vampires, illegal space […]
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Arts Calendar
Theater Thursday, July 16 PORTopera’s Young Artists Presentations, “Trouble in Tahiti,” by Leonard Bernstein, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland, 7:30 p.m. www.stlawrencearts.org/portopera.html or 775-5568. Friday, July 17- Saturday, July 25 “Ten Times Two: The Eternal Courtship,” presented by The Originals at the Saco River Theatre, 15 Salmon Falls Road, Buxton, Friday and Saturday at :730 […]
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Library director plans to retire
A new director is expected to be at the helm of the updated Thomas Memorial Library once it reopens next year. Longtime library director Jay Scherma, who turns 66 on Jan. 20, 2016, is retiring from the position in late January after more than 20 years. Oct. 31 will mark his 20th anniversary at the […]
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Creating a link on the Greenbelt
A ribbon cutting ceremony, held in mid-June, was the culminating event for a year-long project on South Portland’s Greenbelt Walkway that has preserved a piece of the region’s history. A group of students at Brown Elementary School worked with Pan Am Railways, the city of South Portland, the South Portland Historical Society, and the South […]