SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Public Library is set to launch a first-in-Maine electronic lending library now available at only 72 sites in the nation. The innovative 3M Cloud Library Collection, which allows cardholders to download popular book titles to multiple electronic devices, will be unveiled at a special event at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct. […]
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Briefs – 10/11
Cape to hold school forum The Cape Elizabeth School Board will host an Action Planning Community Forum 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the high school cafeteria. The forum will gather input from community members as the board works on an action plan for the schools for the next one to three years. The […]
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Scarborough Notebook – 10/11
Fire fete In conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week, the Scarborough Fire Department will hold an open house from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Black Point Fire Station, at 341 Black Point Road, offering station and apparatus tours, equipment demonstrations, educational materials and refreshments. Members of the department’s truck committee also will […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log – 10/11
Logs Wednesday, Sept. 26 Burglary – Jewelry was reported missing from a home on Two Lights Road. Thursday, Sept. 27 Theft – A New Hampshire resident reported the theft of an Apple Macbook Pro computer from a vehicle parked on Lawson Road. Summonses Wednesday, Sept. 26 Patrick Keenan, 34, of Portland, at 2 p.m. on […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – Trash tongue talker
In an amazing development, experts at the University of No Place In Particular But Possibly Fort Kent have discovered that statements made in political advertisements are almost always bald-faced lies. “We were stunned,” said Dr. Poovis Klimflux, the lead researcher on the study, “Some of them slanted the truth while others were outright falsehoods. We […]
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FIELD HOCKEY: Sanford rolls past South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – Before Monday morning’s game against South Portland, Sanford field hockey coach stressed to her team the importance of winning its regular season finale in order to take the fifth spot in the Western Class A tournament in the fifth position, which would mean a first-round bye. Little did anyone know Walker wanted […]
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GIRLS SOCCER: Strong second half sends Cape past Freeport
DURHAM – For the first 40 minutes of its game with Freeport Friday, the Cape Elizabeth girls soccer team didn’t look like the squad that had gone unbeaten for nine games. Then the second half happened. Cape scored four unanswered goals in the first 16 minutes of the second half to take control against the […]
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GIRLS SOCCER: Strong second half sends Cape past Freeport
DURHAM – For the first 40 minutes of its game with Freeport Friday, the Cape Elizabeth girls soccer team didn’t look like the squad that had gone unbeaten for nine games. Then the second half happened. Cape scored four unanswered goals in the first 16 minutes of the second half to take control against the […]
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National group spends $1.7 million on pro-Angus King ads
Two new TV ads could help Angus King counter Republican attack ads, but may pose political risks.
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EDITORIAL – Informed choices amid all the noise
Along with October comes the busiest and most intense part of campaign season, with this year no exception. In fact, this may prove to be the most attention-grabbing election in some time, with voter participation rates in Maine predicted to reach as high as 75 percent, exceeding the turnout rate in 2008 of just higher […]