When it comes to animal welfare laws, Maine is doing it right. The state has ranked in the top 5 in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s animal protection law rankings since the rankings began. Maine’s laws have only gotten tighter in the last few years, including in 2010, when animal cruelty involving 25 or more […]
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EDITORIAL: Lawmakers should strengthen, not weaken, animal welfare laws
When it comes to animal welfare laws, Maine is doing it right. The state has ranked in the top 5 in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s animal protection law rankings since the rankings began. Maine’s laws have only gotten tighter in the last few years, including in 2010, when animal cruelty involving 25 or more […]
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EDITORIAL: Lawmakers should strengthen, not weaken, animal welfare laws
When it comes to animal welfare laws, Maine is doing it right. The state has ranked in the top 5 in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s animal protection law rankings since the rankings began. Maine’s laws have only gotten tighter in the last few years, including in 2010, when animal cruelty involving 25 or more […]
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LOOKING BACK: Issue of May 8, 2008
Issue of May 8, 2008 More than 150 residents crowded into City Hall Monday night to make impassioned pleas to the South Portland City Council to keep allowing dogs on Willard Beach. From senior citizens to parents with children, pet owners spoke for more than two hours about how much they enjoy visiting Willard Beach […]
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LOOKING BACK: Issue of May 8, 2008
Issue of May 8, 2008 More than 150 residents crowded into City Hall Monday night to make impassioned pleas to the South Portland City Council to keep allowing dogs on Willard Beach. From senior citizens to parents with children, pet owners spoke for more than two hours about how much they enjoy visiting Willard Beach […]
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Cape Elizabeth captures Snow Plow Rodeo honors
CAPE ELIZABETH – It’s official, Cape Elizabeth has the best snow plow drivers in Cumberland County. The team of two public works employees, Darren Brown and Josh Dennison, took first place at the 2013 Cumberland County Snow Plow Roadeo on May 1, hosted this year by Portland Public Works. Two other teams from Cape Elizabeth […]
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Scarborough's first female firefighter dies
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough’s first female firefighter, Marilyn Nelson, has died at the age of 82. According to a statement released Monday afternoon by Fire Chief Mike Thurlow, Nelson joined the department in the late 1970 assigned to Engine-5/Tanker-1. “She was trained on the apparatus and because she lived right behind the station she often drove […]
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SOFTBALL: Adams leads Sanford past unbeaten Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – Sanford pitcher Samantha Adams allowed just two runs in eight innings and blasted a homer over the left-field wall to give Sanford a 3-2 victory over Scarborough Monday afternoon. Sanford improves to 5-3, while Scarborough drops to 6-1. “Scarborough is a great team, and we had to play great to beat them,” Sanford […]
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BASEBALL: Scarborough thwarts Biddeford rally
SCARBOROUGH – The Biddeford Tigers cobbled together a rally of base hits and walks to tie the Scarborough Red Storm 4-4 in the seventh on Saturday afternoon. It took two more innings for the Red Storm to finally wring another run from the Tigers and secure victory. Eric Pemberton’s shot to center in the bottom […]
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BOYS LACROSSE: South Portland routs Windham
SOUTH PORTLAND – Joey Babbidge and Thomas Leddy scored four goals apiece as South Portland mobbed Windham’s end of the field Saturday evening. The Red Riots tallied six in the third quarter alone, going on to win 17-2. Asked what gave his team the victory, South Portland head coach Tom Fiorini pointed to numerous areas […]