SOUTH PORTLAND – For the second year in a row South Portland will have not one, but two farmers markets, although with one significant alternation. When the version hosted by the Maine Mall opens, it will move out of the parking lot and inside, to center court. The sophomore season for the farmers market at […]
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Otto Pizza may buy city land for parking at South Portland location
SOUTH PORTLAND – Otto Pizza is looking to take a bite out of South Portland – literally. The popular Portland-based pizzeria, scheduled to open at 159 Cottage Road sometime in August, is hoping to buy a 1,500-square-foot, triangular lot belonging to the South Portland Public Library so it can expand parking next to the former […]
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GIRLS LACROSSE: Kennebunk upsets top-ranked Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – Fourth-ranked Kennebunk opened an early lead against top seed Scarborough Saturday morning and then never relented, holding on to win 9-7 despite some last-minute heroics by Red Storm Avery Pietras. The Rams improve to 9-5 on the season, and advance to the Class A West regional finals against second-place Massabesic, scheduled for Wednesday, […]
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BOYS LACROSSE: Scarborough advances to regional finals
SCARBOROUGH – The top-ranked Red Storm never looked back after Andrew Farrington scored their first goal of the day against five-seed Marshwood early in Saturday afternoon’s semifinal matchup, and by the final horn had built a commanding 14-2 lead. The Red Storm improve to 12-1 on the season, and move on to the Class A […]
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BOYS LACROSSE: South Portland's season ends against Kennebunk
SOUTH PORTLAND – The lead changed hands more than once when No. 2 South Portland battled three-seed Kennebunk Saturday evening. Thomas Leddy’s game-tying goal midway through the final quarter regained the momentum for the Red Riots – but only temporarily. Two late-game notches edged the Rams ahead and secured their eventual victory, 11-9. Kennebunk advances […]
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Board approves new Scarborough High School principal
SCARBOROUGH – David Creech has been appointed the new principal of Scarborough High School, following the Board of Education’s approval at its meeting June 6. Creech, an assistant principal at Kennebunk High School, starts in Scarborough July 1. “Mr. Creech’s references and recommendations were impressively glowing and he was highly recommended as the candidate for […]
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SOFTBALL: Sanford advances to finals over South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – Sanford will take on top-ranked Scarborough in the Class A West softball finals after beating South Portland 5-1 on Saturday. The third-ranked Spartans (13-5) scored four unearned runs against Riot pitcher Erin Bogdanovich to beat No. 2 South Portland. It was the Spartans’ eighth-straight win for coach Kristi Cochin. The Riots end […]
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Scarborough school budget ready for second vote
SCARBOROUGH – By a 6-1 vote Wednesday, the Scarborough Town Council sent a $38.8 million school budget back to voters. The budget represents a 0.13 percent reduction from the spending plan rejected at the polls May 14. Following that 643-898 decision, in which 60.8 percent of voters checked a ballot box calling the school budget […]
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Canceled Cape Elizabeth school play now back on
CAPE ELIZABETH – A student-written satire of December’s infamous “pot cookie” incident at Cape Elizabeth High School, canceled by Principal Jeffrey Shedd hours before its premiere last weekend, will be performed Friday night. The curtain goes up at 7 p.m., Friday, June 7, at the high school. Tickets are $5 at the door. The year-end […]
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EDITORIAL: Grads, make sure to refill the ice cube tray
To the class of 2013: Refill the ice cube tray. You’ll receive a lot of advice in the coming weeks, from parents, teachers, siblings and classmates, but the best of it can be boiled down to those five words. You’ll be told to follow your dreams, to take chances and to make a difference, but […]