SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council last week unanimously approved closing six city streets from 8-10 a.m. on Sunday, July 7, to facilitate the first Color Run. The road race, managed by a Utah for-profit company, is expected to become the “signature” fundraising event for the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland. To […]
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Scarborough spring sports preview
Scarborough Varsity Baseball Apr. 19Thornton10 a.m. Apr. 22Massabesic4 p.m. Apr. 25@ Westbrook4 p.m. Apr. 27@ Bonny Eagle10 a.m. May 2@ South Portland4 p.m. May 4Biddeford3 p.m. May 7Noble4 p.m. May 9@ Kennebunk4 p.m. May 11@ Sanford10 a.m. May 14Deering4 p.m. May 16@ Portland4 p.m. May 18Windham10 a.m. May 21Gorham4 p.m. May 23@ Cheverus4 p.m. May […]
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Cape Elizabeth spring sports preview
Cape Elizabeth Boys Lacrosse Apr. 11Lake Region6 p.m. Apr. 24@ North Yarmouth4 p.m. Apr. 29@ Falmouth7 p.m. May 1Waynflete6 p.m. May 4Yarmouth7 p.m. May 7@ Greely4 p.m. May 10@ Cheverus7:30 p.m. May 15Falmouth6 p.m. May 17Kennebunk7 p.m. May 21@ Fryeburg4 p.m. May 24North Yarmouth7 p.m. May 30@ Yarmouth7 p.m. Coach: Ben Raymond Last year’s record: […]
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Scarborough beefs up tax relief program
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Town Council has unanimously approved changes to the town’s tax assistance program, prompted by the unanticipated onslaught of applications that came in last year, after it lowered the minimum eligibility age from 65 to 62. According to Councilor Judy Roy, 39 homeowners applied who would not otherwise have been eligible, which […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Talk it to death
Eliot Cutler is a bigger boob than Paul LePage. LePage, Maine’s Republican governor, throws infantile tantrums and has the political awareness of deep-fried hake. Even when he’s right on the issues (and he often is), his haphazard approach usually renders him ineffective and, sometimes, counterproductive. If LePage is on your side, you start at a […]
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Police searching for man who robbed South Portland Big Apple
SOUTH PORTLAND – South Portland police are looking for a man who robbed the Big Apple convenience store on Cottage Road Monday night. At around 10 p.m., police say a black male, about 5-foot-8-inches tall with a slight build, entered the store at 334 Cottage Road, threatened the clerk with a handgun, and fled the […]
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New principal sees 'best of both worlds' in South Portland High School
SOUTH PORTLAND – When Ryan Caron assumes the top job at South Portland High School July 1, he’ll take charge of a school population that’s double the size of his last school and more than half as big as the town where he was raised. But Caron, 36, who hails from the Aroostook County town […]
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Claws to play Rio Grande in first round of playoffs
The best-of-three series starts 7 p.m. Thursday in Portland.
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Steve Solloway: The stop in Maine was up his alley
PORTLAND – Eight pins scattered, leaving two standing on either side of the lane. It was a terrible, almost unmakeable split. You’re going to need two balls, a voice shouted from the crowd. The suggestion was a joke. Ten-pin bowling rules permit only one ball to be rolled down the lane at the same time. […]
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Telegram All-State Hockey: Boys: Hart and soul on ice means another title for Greely
Like his older brothers Kevin and Brian, Ted Hart seems destined to play post-high school hockey.