SCARBOROUGH – Lincoln MacIsaac, Scarborough High School language arts teacher and faculty speaker at the Class of 2013’s commencement Sunday afternoon, emphasized some ways in which the class of 2013 is already improving the world. By helping the adults around them to love life, for instance. “The energy that these kids have feeds me, makes […]
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South Portland council hears from students on iPad purchase
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council got schooled on iPads Monday when more than 120 residents, a large percentage of whom were students, spent more than two hours taking it to task for denying a school department proposal to outfit every student in grades 7-12 with one of the popular tablet devices. Although […]
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South Portland council hears from students on iPad purchase
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council got schooled on iPads Monday when more than 120 residents, a large percentage of whom were students, spent more than two hours taking it to task for denying a school department proposal to outfit every student in grades 7-12 with one of the popular tablet devices. Although […]
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South Portland council hears from students on iPad purchase
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council got schooled on iPads Monday when more than 120 residents, a large percentage of whom were students, spent more than two hours taking it to task for denying a school department proposal to outfit every student in grades 7-12 with one of the popular tablet devices. Although […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of June 13, 2008
Issue of June 13, 2008 They hope to be a teacher, a researcher, a sports psychologist and a biomedical engineer. They are the four top South Portland High School seniors, who shared a keynote address Sunday during outdoor graduation exercises, where 209 students received diplomas. Under bright skies, valedictorian Dorothea Crowley, salutatorian Carolyn Conley, and […]
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South Portland High School graduation: 'Hold on to the memories'
SOUTH PORTLAND – “Everywhere I look, I see construction,” said Jackson Beck, valedictorian of South Portland High School’s class of 2013, as he took the mic to deliver his address during graduation ceremonies Sunday, held under bright skies on George Martin Memorial Field. From his vantage point, a half-finished high school loomed over Beck and […]
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Cape Elizabeth High School graduation: 'We stuck together'
CAPE ELIZABETH – A lone, gray cloud hanging over Fort Williams Park on Sunday was the only dark spot in a joyous day as Cape Elizabeth High School students received their diplomas. The 136-student class, which was filled with graduates headed off to top-tier colleges and universities, the work force and the military, was described […]
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South Portland City Council says no to beer at Bug Light Park festival
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council on Monday killed a proposal to amend city ordinances to allow consumption of alcohol on public property at special events licensed by a super-majority vote of the council. The proposal was part of an effort by South Portland Buy Local to revive the old Spring Point Festival, […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Money doesn’t matter
We all know what’s wrong with state government. It doesn’t work because of: Liberals, conservatives, libertarians, authoritarians, libertines, Bible thumpers, atheists, theocrats, anarchists, pinkos, red-baiters, blue dogs, yellow dogs, communists, fascists, cost cutters, free spenders, left-wing wackos, right-wing kooks, right to lifers, right to choosers, heterosexuals, homosexuals, immigrants, natives, fat cats, lazy dogs, good old […]
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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: Words from the wise
I recently had the honor of being invited by the senior class at Windham High School to deliver the commencement address at their graduation. It was the students, not the faculty or administration, who chose their graduation speaker so that made the invitation even more special. I enthusiastically accepted, feeling especially privileged to be asked […]