Robert Williams had seen enough. The chief of the state police and a 30-year veteran had seen enough mangled bodies in car wrecks. Enough distraught and hysterical mothers and fathers. Enough lives that could have been easily saved with the click of seatbelt. “As a trooper, I have knocked on more than one door to […]
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Maine State Police seatbelt enforcement raises questions
Robert Williams had seen enough. The chief of the state police and a 30-year veteran had seen enough mangled bodies in car wrecks. Enough distraught and hysterical mothers and fathers. Enough lives that could have been easily saved with the click of seatbelt. “As a trooper, I have knocked on more than one door to […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Maine State Police seatbelt enforcement raises questions
Robert Williams had seen enough. The chief of the state police and a 30-year veteran had seen enough mangled bodies in car wrecks. Enough distraught and hysterical mothers and fathers. Enough lives that could have been easily saved with the click of seatbelt. “As a trooper, I have knocked on more than one door to […]
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Scarborough Wrestling Booster president calls for coach's ouster
SCARBOROUGH – The president of the Scarborough Wrestling Boosters is calling for the ouster of the high school wrestling coach, but the school district says her charges of impropriety and policy violations are unfounded. Kim Kinsman says her son was forced by Coach Shane Stephenson to compete two divisions above his weight class, pitting the […]
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Scarborough Wrestling Booster president calls for coach's ouster
SCARBOROUGH – The president of the Scarborough Wrestling Boosters is calling for the ouster of the high school wrestling coach, but the school district says her charges of impropriety and policy violations are unfounded. Kim Kinsman says her son was forced by Coach Shane Stephenson to compete two divisions above his weight class, pitting the […]
Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Sports
Scarborough Wrestling Booster president calls for coach's ouster
SCARBOROUGH – The president of the Scarborough Wrestling Boosters is calling for the ouster of the high school wrestling coach, but the school district says her charges of impropriety and policy violations are unfounded. Kim Kinsman says her son was forced by Coach Shane Stephenson to compete two divisions above his weight class, pitting the […]
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SMAA names all-academic teams
The Southwestern Maine Activities Association recently named the following all-academic teams for the winter 2012-13 athletic season: Boys ice hockey Biddeford: Nathan Crepeau Bonny Eagle: Derek Driscoll, Connor Shields Cheverus: Caleb Bourassa, Liam Fitzpatrick, Andrew MacGillivray, Patrick Sullivan Kennebunk: Nicholas Manuel Portland: Jonathan Gatti, Ted Hamilton Scarborough: Damian Ramsdell Thornton Academy: Gregory Hite, Adilet Issayev, […]
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LOOKING BACK: Issue of March 28, 2002
A land search committee has narrowed down its choices to two possible spots for a new intermediate school – a parcel located across Gorham Road (Rte. 114) from the current Wentworth Intermediate School and another a mile away off Rte. 1 across from the Maine Medical Center campus. The committee also has identified two other […]
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A wake for Scarborough Widow's Walk
SCARBOROUGH – On Friday, Rich Lee, foreman for South Portland-based Benjamin Construction, picked through the guts of what had been, until he knocked it down the day before, one of Scarborough’s most venerated properties. Located at 20 Black Point Road, the Colonial-style home known popularly as “The Widow’s Walk” is dated to 1790 in the […]
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A wake for Scarborough Widow's Walk
SCARBOROUGH – On Friday, Rich Lee, foreman for South Portland-based Benjamin Construction, picked through the guts of what had been, until he knocked it down the day before, one of Scarborough’s most venerated properties. Located at 20 Black Point Road, the Colonial-style home known popularly as “The Widow’s Walk” is dated to 1790 in the […]