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 […]
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South Portland City Council settles on one-way solution for Knightville
SOUTH PORTLAND – After nearly nine months, it appears South Portland has come to a full stop in its ongoing Ocean Street parking debate. On Monday, the City Council accepted the recommendation of local engineering firm Sebago Technics and agreed to limit traffic on Ocean Street to one direction only, between E and D streets. […]
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South Portland City Council settles on one-way solution for Knightville
SOUTH PORTLAND – After nearly nine months, it appears South Portland has come to a full stop in its ongoing Ocean Street parking debate. On Monday, the City Council accepted the recommendation of local engineering firm Sebago Technics and agreed to limit traffic on Ocean Street to one direction only, between E and D streets. […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Much ado about foliage
Every year it’s the same. Soon after the kids go back to school and the summer complaints go back to where ever they came from, folks in the media start writing and talking about leaf season – like we’re doing now. It’s called by different names – foliage season, leaf-peeper season – but it refers […]
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FOOTBALL: Scarborough, Russo beat up Scots
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Red Storm threw an early monkey wrench at everyone’s – except perhaps their own – Class A football expectations Friday night, beating up on the visiting, heavily favored Bonny Eagle Scots 35-18. In a nearly-complete reversal of last week’s fortunes, when the Scots whipped Biddeford 42-14, Bonny Eagle (1-1) never really […]
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FOOTBALL: Scarborough, Russo beat up Scots
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Red Storm threw an early monkey wrench at everyone’s – except perhaps their own – Class A football expectations Friday night, beating up on the visiting, heavily favored Bonny Eagle Scots 35-18. In a nearly-complete reversal of last week’s fortunes, when the Scots whipped Biddeford 42-14, Bonny Eagle (1-1) never really […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
FOOTBALL: Scarborough, Russo beat up Scots
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Red Storm threw an early monkey wrench at everyone’s – except perhaps their own – Class A football expectations Friday night, beating up on the visiting, heavily favored Bonny Eagle Scots 35-18. In a nearly-complete reversal of last week’s fortunes, when the Scots whipped Biddeford 42-14, Bonny Eagle (1-1) never really […]
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UPDATE: Angled parking, one-way traffic recommended for Knightville in South Portland
UPDATE: In a Saturday email South Portland City Manager Jim Gailey said Sebago Technics has submitted its report and city staff has chosen its preference from among three options for a one-way traffic configuration on Ocean Street. “Staff and the engineers’ recommendation will be to [have] angle parking and one-way traffic from E to D […]
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South Portland man arrested for going 111 mph in Camaro
A South Portland man was arrested after a Maine State Police trooper clocked his car at 111 mph. Adam Maietta, 20, was arrested for criminal speeding in a Chevrolet Camaro in the incident, which occurred last week on Route 113 in Brownfield, near the New Hampshire state line, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the […]
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South Portland gives one-year reprieve to council health plan
SOUTH PORTLAND – Following 90 minutes of debate, during which City Manager Jim Gailey allowed, “some strong words were exchanged,” the South Portland City Council voted 5-2 Wednesday to end its tax-funded health plan effective Nov. 30, 2013. After that date councilors may continue to enroll in the city’s health insurance, possibly saving money over […]