There’s a fair amount of money on the line today, at least if you live in Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough or South Portland. Here’s what’s going on: Mall appeal The South Portland Board of Assessment Review meets tonight to hear yet another appeal by Chicago-based General Growth Properties (GGP), owners of the Maine Mall and several […]
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Arts Calendar – 3/07
Theater Saturday, March 9 Maine Outdoor Film Festival, 7 p.m., Windham High School, Gray Road, Windham. Presented by Teens To Trails, to benefit teen outing club programs in Maine. Doors open at 6 p.m. $10 tickets/raffle entries online at www.TeensToTrails.org or at door. Through March 17 “A Song at Twilight,” by Noel Coward, Portland Stage, […]
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Decision delayed on compensation panel
SOUTH PORTLAND – An encounter with a former member Monday prompted the South Portland City Council to delay naming residents to a special committee created to rule on how much they should be paid. Presented with a list of five nominees to a new “blue ribbon committee” on councilor compensation, the council voted 6-1, with […]
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South Portland city councilors balk at ‘best-case’ budget
SOUTH PORTLAND – In a joint workshop with school board members last week, the South Portland City Council put the brakes on two “best case” budget proposals, one for the city and one for the school department, that combined would jump 2014 property tax bills 3.67 percent. Instead, councilors called for a hike of no […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of March 7, 2002
The Scarborough Academic Decathlon Team has brought home the state championship once again. The team now has a little over five weeks to prepare for the national championship being held in Phoenix, Ariz. Scarborough’s decathlon team has won 15 of the last 18 state championships in Academic Decathlon. The team is coached by Scarborough High […]
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EDITORIAL – Secrecy cloaks facts in principals’ departures
Three weeks, four principals gone, and very few real answers. That was the scorecard for southern Maine secondary education during a month that showed just how little communities know about the way their schools are run. It started Feb. 1, when the resignation of Scarborough High School Principal Dean Auriemma was made public in a […]
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EDITORIAL – Secrecy cloaks facts in principals’ departures
Three weeks, four principals gone, and very few real answers. That was the scorecard for southern Maine secondary education during a month that showed just how little communities know about the way their schools are run. It started Feb. 1, when the resignation of Scarborough High School Principal Dean Auriemma was made public in a […]
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LIFE IN THE SUBURBS (in 140 character or less) – Is institutional arrogance the new hallmark?
My little hometown of Scarborough has changed. Boy, has it changed … First, it is no longer little—-22,000 population now? Wow. That is big. (Try to drive on Route 1 at 730 a.m. or 430 p.m.) Second, it is no longer The Land of Ward and June Cleaver. The public entities and agencies in town […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – 3/07
Rick Carter ?for City Council As often happens in South Portland, there are a number of fine candidates running for City Council on Tuesday, March 12. I am writing to urge voters to support Rick Carter. ??I had the opportunity of working closely with Rick during my time on the City Council, and particularly during […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log – 3/07
Arrests Thursday, Feb. 21 Janet E. Andrews, 53, of Cape Elizabeth, at 4:02 p.m. on Cheverus Road, on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Friday, Feb. 22 Michael Long, 39, of Scarborough, at 10:15 a.m. at the Cape Elizabeth Police Department, on a charge of violating a protective order. Christopher E. Cleary, 18, of Cape […]