WESTBROOK – The former school bus driver arrested this week on child sex crimes resigned from his job in the Westbrook School Department following a 2010 incident involving two minors. Stephen C. Mitton, 47, was arrested Tuesday and arraigned Wednesday on a felony count of sexual exploitation of a minor and a misdemeanor charge of […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Some euphemisms should be put to sleep
Euphemism: “Language designed to make lies truthful and murder respectable.” Some weeks ago, Professor Lucius Flatley and the coffee-shop regulars discussed how euphemisms are used politically. This week they addressed the subject again –– this time with emphasis on geographical origin or nationality. Dogs for dinner in China. Snails for supper in France – is […]
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Rosenfeld to retire from Scarborough Economic Development Corp.
SCARBOROUGH – Harvey Rosenfeld, executive director of the Scarborough Economic Development Corp. for 24 of its 26 years, has announced plans to retire effective March 1. Rosenfeld delivered the news last week to the corporation’s board of directors and Town Manager Tom Hall. On Monday, he said he planned to “make an official announcement later […]
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At the Movies
Opening: ‘Broken City’ / ‘The Last Stand’ / ‘Mama’ / ‘Rust and Bone’ / Met Opera: ‘Maria Stuarda’ and ‘Les Troyens Encore’
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Westbrook man arrested on child sex charges was a school bus driver
WESTBROOK – A Westbrook man who was arrested on child sex charges Tuesday resigned as a bus driver in the Scarborough school system just before he turned himself in to police. Stephen C. Mitton, 47, of 665 Saco St., was arrested for felony charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and a misdemeanor charge of […]
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Cape, Scarborough, South Portland schools cover subsidy losses
Area school departments said this past week they will be able to weather a pullback on promised state subsidies, mostly by relying on money that would have otherwise gone unspent in their 2013 budgets. In addition to contingency funds, dollars have been found in savings from staff turnover and lower-than-expected fuel bids, among other sources. […]
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EPA backed off emergency order after gas driller’s protest
The EPA had scientific evidence against the Texas driller but changed course after the company threatened not to cooperate with a national study into “fracking.”
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WinterFest to honor memory of local boy
Scarborough’s 24th annual WinterFest, set for Saturday, will include a tribute to the short but heroic life of Kyle St. Clair, a local boy who died last week at age 8 following a lifelong battle with lung and digestive issues. Steve Kramer, an organizer with event sponsor Scarborough Community Services, said a silent auction will […]
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WinterFest to honor memory of local boy
Scarborough’s 24th annual WinterFest, set for Saturday, will include a tribute to the short but heroic life of Kyle St. Clair, a local boy who died last week at age 8 following a lifelong battle with lung and digestive issues. Steve Kramer, an organizer with event sponsor Scarborough Community Services, said a silent auction will […]
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Race open for City Council seat
SOUTH PORTLAND – Nomination papers are now available to fill the final two years of the District 1 City Council seat vacated Jan. 1 by Tom Coward, who resigned following his election in November to the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners. Coward was sworn into his new office Jan. 14, where he will represent South […]