SCARBOROUGH – Spina bifida is the most common, permanently disabling birth defect in the United States, according to the Spina bifida Association, a national nonprofit raising awareness and research funds. Spina bifida literally means split spine and the condition occurs when a baby is in the womb and its spinal column does not close all […]
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Back from the brink
SOUTH PORTLAND – Less than a week from graduation, a handful of seniors at South Portland High School are praising a new program launched this year as the reason they will march to “Pomp and Circumstance” on Sunday alongside their classmates. Since October, a core group of six to eight students, and sometimes as many […]
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LETTERS: Scarborough should fully fund its schools
When my husband and I retired to Maine, we chose Scarborough to call home. A major reason was the excellence of its schools. A town that cares for the future of its children is also a town with a rich life in terms of recreation, in support for its citizens, and that embraces the whole […]
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Arts calendar – 6/5
Theater Through June 9 “Duck and Cover,” by Michel Kimball, at Acorn Studio Theatre, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook. Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets $15, $12 for seniors and students. www.acorn-productions.org or 854-0065. Friday to Sunday, June 14-16 “War of the Roses,” presented by Acorn Productions, at Riverbank Park, Westbrook […]
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City artist paints Cabela’s mural
SOUTH PORTLAND – Award-winning South Portland artist Francine Schrock continues with another mural construction in Scarborough at Cabela’s. This will be her third Maine mural within the last nine months, as similar projects were completed at Schooner Estates in Auburn and Fallbrook Woods in Portland. After a recently completed renovation project at the store’s firearm […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
LETTERS: Scarborough should fully fund its schools
When my husband and I retired to Maine, we chose Scarborough to call home. A major reason was the excellence of its schools. A town that cares for the future of its children is also a town with a rich life in terms of recreation, in support for its citizens, and that embraces the whole […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Packed hall makes plea for Scarborough school budget
SCARBOROUGH – More than 200 residents packed the Scarborough Town Council chamber May 29 to argue that no additional cuts should be made to the $38.86 million school budget, despite its rejection by voters at the polls May 14. Although the budget went down in a 643-898 decision, 60.8 percent of voters – more than […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Arts calendar – 6/5
Theater Through June 9 “Duck and Cover,” by Michel Kimball, at Acorn Studio Theatre, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook. Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets $15, $12 for seniors and students. www.acorn-productions.org or 854-0065. Friday to Sunday, June 14-16 “War of the Roses,” presented by Acorn Productions, at Riverbank Park, Westbrook […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Packed hall makes plea for Scarborough school budget
SCARBOROUGH – More than 200 residents packed the Scarborough Town Council chamber May 29 to argue that no additional cuts should be made to the $38.86 million school budget, despite its rejection by voters at the polls May 14. Although the budget went down in a 643-898 decision, 60.8 percent of voters – more than […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Back from the brink
SOUTH PORTLAND – Less than a week from graduation, a handful of seniors at South Portland High School are praising a new program launched this year as the reason they will march to “Pomp and Circumstance” on Sunday alongside their classmates. Since October, a core group of six to eight students, and sometimes as many […]