Thursday, April 25 Mahoney Middle School “Family and Friends Showcase,” featuring talent acts by students and family members, at 7p.m. in the school auditorium. Admission is by donation. Piping plover program, 6:30 p.m., at the Scarborough Public Library, on efforts to protect piping plovers, an endangered shorebird found in Scarborough. Free. www.scarboroughlibrary.org or 883-4723, ext. […]
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Current calendar – 4/25
Thursday, April 25 Mahoney Middle School “Family and Friends Showcase,” featuring talent acts by students and family members, at 7p.m. in the school auditorium. Admission is by donation. Piping plover program, 6:30 p.m., at the Scarborough Public Library, on efforts to protect piping plovers, an endangered shorebird found in Scarborough. Free. www.scarboroughlibrary.org or 883-4723, ext. […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: What's next for the Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is a big, fat, sitting duck (and sleeping target )for terrorists. I ran the marathon in April 2011. Spectators rule. Logistics dominate (police tape; construction-site-type wooden structures). Thousands of runners are there just for kicks (they get a runner’s “bib” by donating to some very worthy causes involved). A carnival atmosphere prevails […]
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South Portland farmers market gets a home, for now
SOUTH PORTLAND – The April 17 vote of the South Portland City Council to close Hinckley Drive for this summer’s farmers market was doubly unanimous – all councilors present voted for it, but none of them seemed to like it. What’s more, most councilors signaled they would be unlikely to vote for use of the […]
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South Portland farmers market gets a home, for now
SOUTH PORTLAND – The April 17 vote of the South Portland City Council to close Hinckley Drive for this summer’s farmers market was doubly unanimous – all councilors present voted for it, but none of them seemed to like it. What’s more, most councilors signaled they would be unlikely to vote for use of the […]
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SOFTBALL: Scarborough tops South Portland in battle of favorites
SOUTH PORTLAND – In an early season softball matchup between Scarborough and South Portland, two favorites in Western Class A, it was the visiting Red Storm who prevailed on a windy, chilly afternoon, 15-5, at the Wainwright Athletic Complex. Erin Giles pitched a complete game for the Red Storm, with nine strikeouts while allowing 12 […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Addicted to bad ideas
I’ve never met a Maine business owner who thought the state unemployment benefit system was fair. Or the workers compensation system. Or the environmental protection system. Or the human rights commission. And let’s not even get started on taxes. As far as these self-proclaimed job creators are concerned, all that bureaucracy – including the biased, […]
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LETTERS TO MYSELF: Awakening the warrior within
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but those that stand with it now, deserve the love and thanks of every man and woman.” – Thomas Paine These are, indeed, trying times. The events that unfolded […]
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Arrest made in South Portland bank robbery
SOUTH PORTLAND – South Portland police have made an arrest in the robbery of a TD Bank branch late Monday afternoon. Police arrested Joseph Morrill, 23, of South Portland, and charged him with class A robbery. He was arrested at around 10:50 a.m. Tuesday at 231 Broadway. Police say a man entered the bank at […]
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City approves ‘ghost plan’ for federal grants
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council has forwarded to Cumberland County government a $388,200 budget for 2013-2014 Community Development Block Grants that City Manager Jim Gailey calls a “ghost plan,” due to a lack of funding data from the federal government. The final $480,310 budget includes $92,100 unspent from previous years. However, according […]