SOUTH PORTLAND – A permit for signs that farm vendors hoped would promote the Thursday afternoon market on Hinckley Drive was pulled Monday because more than month had passed since the July 25 application. The permit did not go before the City Council until its Sept. 5 meeting, at which point it was tabled because […]
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Water district report claims 'no negligence' on main breaks
SOUTH PORTLAND – The Portland Water District doesn’t know what caused most of the water main breaks that have plagued South Portland since late August. What it does know is that it’s not at fault. That was the conclusion of a report issued by the water district Monday afternoon. Of nine breaks between Aug. 25 […]
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'It's time to give back'
SOUTH PORTLAND – A South Portland woman described as “a great and tireless advocate of helping others” now finds herself subject to a community’s generosity as she battles a rare form of cancer. For 20 years – as long as she’s worked at Evergreen Credit Union – Catie Scribner (ne?e McCusker), 44, has coordinated the […]
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Wallace, Millett face off in state Senate District 7
Rebecca J. Millett and Michael D. Wallace are facing off in the race for state Senate District 7, covering Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and part of Scarborough. Rebecca J. Millett (D) Age: 49 Education: M.B.A., University of Chicago Occupation: Self-employed business/political consultant (since 2006) Recent work history: Technology Projects Manager, The Children’s Aid Society, New […]
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Wallace, Millett face off in state Senate District 7
Rebecca J. Millett and Michael D. Wallace are facing off in the race for state Senate District 7, covering Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and part of Scarborough. Rebecca J. Millett (D) Age: 49 Education: M.B.A., University of Chicago Occupation: Self-employed business/political consultant (since 2006) Recent work history: Technology Projects Manager, The Children’s Aid Society, New […]
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New observation deck debuting at Scarborough Marsh
SCARBOROUGH – The Friends of Scarborough Marsh, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Maine Audubon’s Scarborough Marsh Nature Center are hosting the grand opening of the Scarborough Marsh Observation Deck on the newly-acquired Gervais family farm conservation land off of Route 1 on Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m.-noon. A former microwave antenna […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Aranson will strengthen schools
Aranson will strengthen schools It wasn’t until I read Sunday’s Portland Press Herald story about virtual charter schools that I understood how badly we need to remove Representative Amy Volk from office this year. Volk serves on the board of directors of the Maine Connections Academy, an online charter school currently bidding for a place […]
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EDITORIAL: Heavier burden likely for fuel-aid programs
The U.S. Senate was expected to approve Wednesday a continuing resolution to fund government at 2012 spending levels through March 2013. Included in the plan, passed to avoid a government shutdown and delay budget decisions until after the election is decided and the winners in office, is $3.478 billion for the Low Income Home Energy […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Sept. 19, 2002
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in September 2011.) Issue of Sept. 19, 2002 A proposed change to Scarborough’s firearm laws that would have required hunters to obtain the express written permission of a landowner before going out […]
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FIELD HOCKEY: Suffocating Scarborough defense overpowers South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – Not allowing a goal in a game is a good result for any field hockey team. Not allowing a single shot, even better. That’s exactly what Scarborough did Monday, scoring on its own first shot, controlling possession and allowing South Portland little time and space in a 4-0 road win to improve […]