On Wednesday afternoon petitions arrived at Scarborough Town Hall bearing the signatures of 423 residents, mostly from Dunstan, who are opposed to a Great American Neighborhood in their village. A total of 438 signatures were gathered, with 15 of them being from the towns of Gorham, Saco, Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach. On Tuesday Scarborough […]
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BRIEFS – 11/01
National Guard announces promotions Brig. Gen. James D. Campbell, The Adjutant General for the Maine National Guard, announced the following promotions: Jacob Watson , SPC, South Portland, Company B, 3/172d Infantry (Mountain); Tyler Jordan, PFC, Scarborough, 262d Engineer Company; and Spencer Luke , PFC, Scarborough , Company B, 3/172d Infantry (Mountain). Soldiers were promoted to […]
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South Portland City Council to interview six school candidates
SOUTH PORTLAND – South Portland city councilors have received six applications to a one-year appointment on the Board of Education and plans to conduct interviews in public within “the next couple of weeks.” The applicants are: Jeffrey McDonald of Providence Avenue; Roger Allen of Mitchell Road; Ralph Baxter Jr. of Simmons Road; Pam Koonz Canarie […]
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EDITORIAL – Bond quesstions and remembering Rodney Quinn
Bond questions should be passed The bond referendum questions on the Nov. 6 ballot have not received much in the way of attention during the campaign, hardly a surprise, as they are listed alongside races for president and U.S. Senate. The four bond issues, questions 2-5 on the ballot, are overshadowed, as well, by Question […]
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Foreign students write letters from away
Every semester I do a letter to the editor lesson with my English Language Learning class. It is my opportunity to teach writing as well as the value of using your voice to express opinion. This semester I have another fabulous group of students who are learning how to express their ideas, give their viewpoints […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – 11/01
Principles and purpose Maine needs leaders of principle and purpose to represent us in our Legislature. When I look at a candidate who will represent me, I always look at their background and take an assessment of what they have already accomplished in their private and professional lives to know how capable they will be […]
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Current Calendar – 11/01
Thursday, Nov. 1 “Changes,” a literary evening at 6:30 p.m., South Portland Public Library. Pulitzer Price-wining journalist Barbara Walsh will read from her memoir, “August Gale.” Admission free. “Little Shop of Horrors” by Scarborough High School’s Oak Hill Players, at 7 p.m., in the Winslow Homer Auditorium Scarborough High School. 730-5102. Friday, Nov. 2 “Little […]
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Arts Calendar – 11/01
Theater Through Nov. 18 “Homestead Crossing,” world premiere, 7:30 p.m. at Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland. 774-0465. Friday, Nov. 2-10 “Hapgood,” presented by The Originals, The Saco River Theatre, Bar Mills. 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9, 10; Matinee at 2:30, Sunday, Nov. 4. $20 adults, $18/student-senior. Thursday, Nov. 8 pay-what-you-can. 929-5412 […]
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Trout Brook Nature Preserve: From pit to park
SOUTH PORTLAND – Names are powerful things. Take for example the image called to mind by a 7-acre parcel in South Portland described this weekend as “serene,” “tranquil” and “gorgeous.” Now, consider that same property under its original name – the Sawyer Street Pit. That name not only applied to the town’s old gravel pit, […]
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Scarborough student touts fitness
Hannah St. Germain, an eighth-grader at Scarborough Middle School, is one of just 33 students nationwide selected to serve as an ambassador for Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school nutrition and physical activity program. Created by the National Dairy Council and the NFL in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the program encourages […]