SCARBOROUGH – March 29 will be the last day in the office for Scarborough town assessor Paul Lesperance, after 29 years with the town. A Lewiston native, Lesperance, 63, spent four years in the Air Force and then worked nights toward an accounting degree at the University of Southern Maine. He got close but never […]
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Project GRACE event is a rally for heating assistance
SCARBOROUGH – We may be past the official start of spring, but that doesn’t mean people don’t still need to keep warm. On Saturday, March 23, community action nonprofit Project GRACE will stage one the biggest rallies in its 16-year history, in hopes of raising $10,000 in a single day to help Scarborough residents with […]
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Project GRACE event is a rally for heating assistance
SCARBOROUGH – We may be past the official start of spring, but that doesn’t mean people don’t still need to keep warm. On Saturday, March 23, community action nonprofit Project GRACE will stage one the biggest rallies in its 16-year history, in hopes of raising $10,000 in a single day to help Scarborough residents with […]
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Project GRACE event is a rally for heating assistance
SCARBOROUGH – We may be past the official start of spring, but that doesn’t mean people don’t still need to keep warm. On Saturday, March 23, community action nonprofit Project GRACE will stage one the biggest rallies in its 16-year history, in hopes of raising $10,000 in a single day to help Scarborough residents with […]
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Red Storm team one of top fundraisers at Mary's Walk
SACO – During a record-breaking Mary’s Walk and Kerrymen Pub 5K cancer fundraiser in Saco last Sunday, a number of people from Scarborough and South Portland took part to honor those who have lost their lives to the disease or to celebrate those who have beat it. The 15th annual event raised more than $260,000, […]
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On with the show in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – Despite a late start and a ban on advertising, the South Portland High School musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie” hopes for a strong house. SOUTH PORTLAND – There’s an old saying in acting circles – the show must go on – and this weekend students at South Portland High School are proving their […]
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Cape Elizabeth High School honor roll
Second quarter Seniors High Honors: Josephine Barth, Allison Briggs, Abigail Buhrman, Travis DeLano, Daniel Epstein, Matthew Gilman, Francesca Governali, Zachary Hillman, Anastasia Kouros, Brett Parker; Honors: Ian Andolsek, Max Barber, Clifton Bauman, Jacob Brady, Anna Brogan, Moriah Brown, Griffin Carpenter, Justin Cary, Cameron Caswell, Harper Chalat, Nolan Chase, Meghan Clifford, Jane Coffrin, Elizabeth Coughlin, Zachary […]
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LETTERS: Wood pellet emission math is off
Ms. McDonough (“Scarborough sees the sun,” March 14) states that she was able to replace her boiler which burned 400 gallons per year with a wood pellet burning stove which burned only 3.5 tons of pellets. Saving money is a compelling and rational justification to have made the conversion. However, she also states, “I just […]
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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: Unheralded, underfunded – but urgent
“Looking at images of children and toddlers – infants – being sexually molested and seeing the suffering without being able to rescue them immediately, is the toughest part of this job.” – Lt. Glenn Lang, supervisor, Maine State Police, Computer Crimes Unit. The Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit is probably one of the least-known […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: In support of Helicopter Parents
You’ve heard about “helicopter parents,” right? These are Mommies and Daddies (typically from a yuppie suburb like the one in which you and I live, Dear Reader…), who swoop into situations—whether a school classroom, or Little League dugout, or dance recital, or police station (yikes!)—to make things “right” for their little Chloe or Jared. The […]