The first quarter honor roll at Mahoney Middle School in South Portland includes: Grade 6 high honors Phoebe Allen, Joshua Doan, Lavinia Dube, Eli Falconer, Grace Flaherty, Margaret Herrick, Jena Leckie, Connor Libby, Jackson Linscott, Meghan Livingston, Ryan Loring, Aaron Matthews, Molly Moynihan, Eileen Porterfield, Clifford Robbins-Sennewald and Dora Russem. Grade 7 high honors: Madelynne […]
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Cape Elizabeth Police log – 12/13
Logs Wednesday, Nov. 28 Theft – A Falmouth resident reported the theft of a laptop computer while attending a soccer game at Cape Elizabeth High School. Summonses Wednesday, Nov. 28 Thomas Wright, 33, of Cape Elizabeth, at 12:20 a.m. on Route 77, for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Sirena DePaolo, 18, of South Portland, […]
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East-West Highway panned in conservation group report
A national environmental group that has been fighting the proposed East-West Highway across Maine is calling it one of the worst transportation projects in the United States. The Sierra Club report, “Smart Choices, Less Traffic: 50 Best and Worst Transportation Projects,” cites the $2 billion, 220-mile, four-lane freight truck highway’s serious negative impacts on air […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Let’s hear it for the Stellas
My invitation must have been lost in the mail, so I knew nothing about this year’s event until I read about it in the paper. I’m talking, of course, about the Stella Awards held recently without me. At least I was spared the cost of renting a tuxedo.? For readers who don’t chase ambulances for […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Stretching out free speech
Lucius Flatley, the well-known raconteur, recently suggested to his coffee klatch that machines should have a constitutional right to free speech. He based his proposal on the Supreme Court ruling that corporations have the same right to free speech as individuals. In today’s world, we have delegated many of our daily decisions to computers. At […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Stretching out free speech
Lucius Flatley, the well-known raconteur, recently suggested to his coffee klatch that machines should have a constitutional right to free speech. He based his proposal on the Supreme Court ruling that corporations have the same right to free speech as individuals. In today’s world, we have delegated many of our daily decisions to computers. At […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Something in my genes
Republican state Rep. Bernard Ayotte of Caswell admits he can’t help himself. Ayotte confessed in a recent op-ed that ran in several Maine newspapers that he’s compelled to vote 100 percent of the time for GOP Gov. Paul LePage’s agenda because he’s “genetically programmed” to be a conservative. “Just as one inherits physical characteristics, mannerisms […]
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South Portland theater faces crucial city vote Tuesday
SOUTH PORTLAND – Less than two months after relocating its performance stage to South Portland, Mad Horse Theatre Company is facing a Planning Board vote that could bring the curtain down on it forever. Since May 2009, Mad Horse has rented the former Hutchins School at 24 Mosher St., using it as an administrative office, […]
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Events on Broadway closes in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – The Events on Broadway banquet hall in South Portland has closed its doors, effective Dec. 6, but company owner Kevin Fallen says his business that backed it, Personal Touch Catering, is going strong. “South Portland was tough community to break into, we just didn’t get the support that we felt we needed,” […]
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Events on Broadway closes in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – The Events on Broadway banquet hall in South Portland has closed its doors, effective Dec. 6, but company owner Kevin Fallen says his business that backed it, Personal Touch Catering, is going strong. “South Portland was tough community to break into, we just didn’t get the support that we felt we needed,” […]