CAPE ELIZABETH – With points hard to come by on a wet and windy night, one big play made all the difference in Friday’s Class B showdown between Westbrook and Cape. With his team down 7-6 late in the third quarter, Westbrook halfback Ben Grant took the ball around the left end, made a few […]
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FOOTBALL: Long run sparks Westbrook over Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH – With points hard to come by on a wet and windy night, one big play made all the difference in Friday’s Class B showdown between Westbrook and Cape. With his team down 7-6 late in the third quarter, Westbrook halfback Ben Grant took the ball around the left end, made a few […]
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South Portland takes aim at 'disgusting' properties
SOUTH PORTLAND – Two weeks after hashing out the evils of unsightly storage pods, the South Portland City Council on Monday fast-tracked new ordinance language designed to address yards that lack such organization. More than a dozen residents turned out for a council workshop on the city’s general nuisances ordinance to complain about the yard […]
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Flu-shot clinics scheduled
Saco-HomeHealth Visiting Nurses is hosting weekly flu-shot clinics for children and adults at their Saco and Kennebunk offices with fun Halloween-themed prizes for kids. The clinics are Wednesdays from 2-6 p.m. through Nov. 30 at 15 Industrial Park Road in Saco; and Fridays from 8-11:30 a.m. at 72 Main St., Kennebunk. Additional clinics for adults […]
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EDITORIAL – Only slight movement since influential report
Following its release in 2006, and for a few years after, no publication was cited as often as the Brookings report. Entitled “Charting Maine’s Future: An Action Plan for Promoting Sustainable Prosperity and Quality Places,” it was a collaboration of the Brookings Institution, a national think tank, and GrowSmart Maine. The report acted as a […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Longevity with a political twist
Since 1900, the life expectancy of Americans has jumped to 80 years from 47 – essentially double. Now, scientists studying DNA and other molecular bio-dynamics are developing drugs and machines that could double that figure again in the next century. And that should scare the bejesus out of Mr. Romney and his super-rich buddies when […]
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Higgins Beach resident needs to move free house
SCARBOROUGH – Fred Poore now has a decision to make, after trying Tuesday morning to move the small cottage the town of Scarborough had seen fit to give him – whether to move it as is, or chop off the roof. In 2010, the town got serious about trying to settle longstanding parking issues in […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Clearing out closets, cabinets
Autumn is here and many of us are cleaning out closets, perhaps having a last-minute yard sale to get rid of things seldom used but perhaps useful to others. My neighbor said she goes by the sensible rule that if it’s in her closet and she hasn’t worn it for a year, she gets rid […]
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Curtain raiser
SOUTH PORTLAND – When the Mad Horse Theatre Company launches its new season Oct. 11, the curtain will go up outside of Portland for the first time in the troupe’s 27-year history. This year, the main stage will be located at what has been Mad Horse’s rehearsal hall for the past three years, the former […]
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Curtain raiser
SOUTH PORTLAND – When the Mad Horse Theatre Company launches its new season Oct. 11, the curtain will go up outside of Portland for the first time in the troupe’s 27-year history. This year, the main stage will be located at what has been Mad Horse’s rehearsal hall for the past three years, the former […]