SCARBOROUGH – A dear friend is hard to find, and more than 60 years ago, two women found a friend in one another. Now, the women are reunited under the same roof at Scarborough Terrace Assisted Living in Scarborough, eating together, laughing together, and enjoying the true benefits of a long-lasting friendship. Pauline Garner, a […]
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Current Calendar – 9/12
Thursday, Sept. 13 Seventy-Five State Street benefit auction, with all proceeds to the New Van Fund, 4-7 p.m., at Events on Broadway, 729 Broadway, South Portland. Tickets at $20 available at the door. More than 120 items will be available to auction. For more information, contact Janice Drinan, development director, at [email protected] or 775-7775, ext. […]
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Current Calendar – 9/12
Thursday, Sept. 13 Seventy-Five State Street benefit auction, with all proceeds to the New Van Fund, 4-7 p.m., at Events on Broadway, 729 Broadway, South Portland. Tickets at $20 available at the door. More than 120 items will be available to auction. For more information, contact Janice Drinan, development director, at [email protected] or 775-7775, ext. […]
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LOOOKING BACK – Issue of Sept. 12, 2002
Close to 80 residents showed up for a Maine Department of Transportation hearing Tuesday night on proposed traffic improvements for Dunstan, and despite being asked not to, they focused on the Great American Neighborhood project. Resident Deborah Greenwich said no matter what is done with the two Route 1 intersections in Dunstan, the area could […]
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Arts Calendar – 9/12
Theater Thursday, Sept. 13-Sunday, Sept. 23 “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” presented by Dead Wessex Fair at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. Co-sponsored by University of Southern Maine English Department and the Women and Gender Studies program. 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 1 p.m. $12 adults, $10 students/seniors. Two for one on Thursday evenings. […]
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Briefs – 9/12
City, water district to meet on main breaks Officials from South Portland Public Works and the city fire department were scheduled to meet with representatives from the Portland Water District on Wednesday, after The Current’s deadline, to discuss a recent series of water main breaks in the downtown area between Aug. 25 and Sept. 6. […]
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Briefs – 9/12
City, water district to meet on main breaks Officials from South Portland Public Works and the city fire department were scheduled to meet with representatives from the Portland Water District on Wednesday, after The Current’s deadline, to discuss a recent series of water main breaks in the downtown area between Aug. 25 and Sept. 6. […]
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Scarborough Police log – 9/12
Logs Tuesday, Sept. 4 Theft – At 4:15 p.m., a Harlow Street resident reported the theft of a Mercury 50hp outboard motor valued at $7,500 from a boat parked in the yard of the property. A chain attaching the motor to the boat was cut. Friday, Sept. 7 Theft – A male subject was observed […]
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Call for help
Mainers, your community and your country need your help. The American Red Cross is currently providing aid and comfort to people along the Gulf Coast as the affects of Hurricane Isaac linger. We were in these communities before Isaac hit, and we’ll be helping people for weeks to come by providing food, shelter, relief supplies, […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – No response
According to TV spots and press releases from his opponents, independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King is a slick-talking, budget-busting, money-grubbing, back-room-dealing, environment-despoiling, anti-working-class, elitist scumsucker. Which is pretty much the job description for a U.S. senator. There’s plenty of evidence to support those claims. What there isn’t is much in the way of rebuttals […]