The Rotary Club of South Portland/Cape Elizabeth has donated $800 to youth literacy programs for two local libraries. The club began this ongoing program in 2007. The money, $400 to each town library, goes to the South Portland Public Library and to the Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth. It will be used to enhance […]
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Police probing three break-ins in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – Police in Scarborough are on the hunt for a burglar with a penchant for fancy footwork, after he kicked in doors at three homes Sunday afternoon. At his first stop, the burglar was slightly more delicate, prying open French doors leading from the back yard patio of a home on Holmes Road. After […]
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Transit in transition
SOUTH PORTLAND – With South Portland Transportation Director Tom Meyers set to retire at the end of the month, the city has hired a replacement to serve on an interim basis while it eyes a merger of its public transit service with Portland Metro and the Biddeford-Saco-OOB ShuttleBus. Arthur Handman of Gorham began work Monday […]
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Portland OKs plan to ease school overcrowding
Current students and siblings of Ocean Avenue students can continue to attend the school, which is the city’s newest school.
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Kevin Thomas: Cecchini & baseball, a heavenly match
PORTLAND – Garin Cecchini knows baseball well, a true student of the sport. Maybe it’s because he took in his first game when he was 4 days’ old. Or the lessons could have begun earlier, while he was still in the womb and his mom was coaching first base. The Red Sox promoted Cecchini, 22, […]
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Appel on wine: You may think you know your Sancerres, but fact is, you may not
If Sauvignon Blanc is, for even the least wine-schooled, the most basic character in wine, Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre — the region of France’s Loire Valley where most people believe the grape reaches its apogee — occupies similar cognitive space for self-professed oenophiles. Every sophisticated wine drinker knows what Sancerre is, the way everyone knows […]
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Voting Rights Act ruling draws emotional response
“It’s a bad day, a sad day for the democratic process,” said Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Texas, whose state had been covered by the act.
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Maine child pornographer balks at new charges
Wade Robert Hoover argues he faces double jeopardy on 12 charges in a letter to the media.
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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: C’mon in, the water’s fine
Why would anyone want to run for Congress? Why are several state senators and representatives thinking about giving up their mostly secure seats to leave Maine and go to Washington, D.C.? The answer may surprise you. Then again, it might not. Mike Michaud is leaving Congress after 12 years to run for governor, thereby providing […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: The legend – and mystery – of Bud’s camp
The other day my wife and I were invited to a barbecue at what a friend called his “camp.” Having been to a Maine camp or two over the years, I knew all about “going up to camp” and expected to find a weathered, rustic place down a long, rutted dirt road deep in the […]