School districts across the state are getting their first look at next year’s state funding for education, and locally it doesn’t look good. Cape is looking at a reduction of $486,000 in state aid for education and Scarborough is looking at a cut of a little over $600,000. South Portland will actually see a $500,000 […]
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MY SIDE OF SOPO – Picking a bone with ‘ability to pay’
At the Feb. 4 City Council meeting, the council approved a resolution expressing opposition to several of the governor’s 2013-2015 biannual budget proposals. The resolve stated in part: “These proposals will dramatically increase property taxes in South Portland, taxes which often are unrelated to the ability of property owners to pay, and will require spending […]
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Cape debuts one-act play
CAPE ELIZABETH – Cape Elizabeth High School presents its 2013 One-Act Festival production of “Dead Man Walking,” which opens on Wednesday, March 6, at 7 p.m., in the Cape Elizabeth High School auditorium, 345 Ocean House Road. Tickets are $5. This is a serious play with mature themes that pits the forces of rehabilitation against […]
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South Portland police log – 2/21
Arrests Monday, Feb. 11 Joseph P. Morrill, 23, of South Portland, at 6:27 p.m. on Rainbow Avenue, on two warrants for failure to appear in court and charges of failure to stop for a police officer, refusal to submit to arrest, driving after license suspended for being a habitual offender and violating conditions of release. […]
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Pizza delivery driver robbed at gunpoint
SOUTH PORTLAND – Police are investigating the armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver Saturday night near the Maine Mall. According to police, the driver met with an “alleged customer” in front of a building at the Olde English Village Apartments at 499 Westbrook St. in South Portland at around 10 p.m. While speaking with […]
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South Portland City Council candidates offer solid mix
SOUTH PORTLAND – Four men representing the gamut of political thought are running to fill the South Portland City Council seat vacated by Tom Coward, who resigned following his election as a Cumberland County commissioner. The winner of the District 1 seat will represent the city’s east end, including the Willard Square and Ferry Village […]
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Starbucks coming to Scarborough?
SCARBOROUGH – A section of Route 1 in Scarborough, just east of the Oak Hill intersection, is experiencing a bit of a boomlet. At Tuesday’s Planning Board meeting, Andrew Johnston, a civil engineer for Portland-based architecture and engineering firm SMRT, was scheduled to present plans for a 3,500-square-foot Biddeford Savings Bank branch at 206 Route […]
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South Portland City Council candidates offer solid mix
SOUTH PORTLAND – Four men representing the gamut of political thought are running to fill the South Portland City Council seat vacated by Tom Coward, who resigned following his election as a Cumberland County commissioner. The winner of the District 1 seat will represent the city’s east end, including the Willard Square and Ferry Village […]
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Starbucks coming to Scarborough?
SCARBOROUGH – A section of Route 1 in Scarborough, just east of the Oak Hill intersection, is experiencing a bit of a boomlet. At Tuesday’s Planning Board meeting, Andrew Johnston, a civil engineer for Portland-based architecture and engineering firm SMRT, was scheduled to present plans for a 3,500-square-foot Biddeford Savings Bank branch at 206 Route […]
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Scarborough gateway plan may change
SCARBOROUGH – With a March 12 deadline looming for the start of construction on a 260,000-square-foot commercial center, and no tenant in hand, New England Expedition II has asked to be excused from its contract zoning agreement with the town of Scarborough for development of the 32.65-acre Gateway Square, at the corner of Payne Road […]