SCARBOROUGH – It’s new boss, same as the old boss on the Scarborough Town Council, where Ron Ahlquist and Judy Roy were unanimously re-elected chairman and vice chairman, respectively, at the most recent council meeting, held Nov. 28 at the Maine Veterans’ Home on Route 1. Roy led the council in 2011. She was selected […]
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Arts Calendar – 12/06
Theater Dec. 6-23 “The Legend of the Golem,” by Michael Levine, at Acorn Studio Theater, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook. Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m. $15 adults, $12 children 12 and under. 854-0065 or www.acorn-productions.org. Concerts Friday, Dec. 7 Led Zeppelin-Celebration Day, HD Concert Film, 7:30 p.m. at Westbrook Performing Arts […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Thankful for successful election
This Thanksgiving I found myself feeling thankful that I have a chance to return to Augusta representing Coastal Scarborough. I would like to thank Paul Aranson for running a clean campaign. Although this election saw an unprecedented amount of money spent on Scarborough races in extremely negative and misleading ways, none of that came directly […]
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EDITORIAL – Less-imporant holiday, but important message
Hanukkah, which begins Saturday evening, celebrates the reclamation of the Temple in Jerusalem in 165 B.C.E. Three years before, Syrian-Greek soldiers had seized the holy site, then later proclaimed practicing Judaism an act punishable by death. According to tradition, when Jewish villagers were made to worship idols and eat pork in opposition to their beliefs, […]
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Cape Elizabeth polce log – 12/06
Logs Wednesday, Nov. 21 Car burglary – A Portland resident reported the theft of a purse from a vehicle parked at Crescent Beach. Friday, Nov. 23 Vandalism – Damage was reportedly done overnight to a mailbox on Wells Road. Sunday, Nov. 25 Burglary – Two bicycles and power tools were reported missing from a residence […]
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Scarborough police log – 12/06
Logs Monday, Nov. 26 Theft – At 8:47 p.m. a white male in his mid-20s ran from the Bull Moose music store on Payne Road with an Xbox 360 game system. He reportedly fled the scene in a maroon 1990s-era Ford Taurus. Tuesday, Nov. 27 Counterfeit money – At 1:30 p.m., employees at the Subway […]
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CURRENT AFFAIRS – Coastal painting and space photography
“Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine” is the absolutely fabulous show now at the Portland Museum of Art until Dec. 30. The 38 paintings, brought to Maine from all over the United States, ignore the works Homer produced during the Civil War, and those of the Adirondacks, the Caribbean, and Cullercoats, England. These are the products […]
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South Portland Notes – 12/06
Street closure Hinckley Drive will be closed to traffic from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, for the annual Holiday Fest presented by the Waterfront Market Association along with the Community Chamber and Rotary Club of South Portland and Cape Elizabeth. The event includes a 6 p.m. tree lighting ceremony in Mill Creek […]
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Briefs – 12/06
Police say woman tried ?to kill husband A Scarborough woman is in jail after police said she held her 6-month-old baby while firing a handgun at her husband with the intent to kill him Saturday night. On its Facebook page, the Scarborough Police Department said Angela Haddad, 34, a resident at the West Oak Apartment […]
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Scarborough seaweed company expands
SCARBOROUGH – It seems government regulation can give as good as it can take away. On Dec. 10, Tim and Kelly Roth, owners of VitaminSea, which makes a variety of products from seaweed harvested off the Maine coast, will go before the Scarborough Planning Board with plans to build a new 21-by-96-foot drying greenhouse. The […]