SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Finance Committee has backed off an idea to create a new general business license for all commercial entities in town. The concept first cropped up June 19 when the committee reviewed a list of 64 businesses owing a combined $148,212 in personal property taxes, some with bills dating as far back […]
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White House race offers voters many clear choices
Beyond the usual election-year distortions and exaggerations, a yawning issues gulf separates the two candidates.
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Man killed by cement truck in Berwick
Other employees at the Redi Mix plant witnessed the accident, according to police.
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Man killed by cement truck in Berwick
Other employees at the Redi Mix plant witnessed the accident, according to police.
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Race honoring Gorham 9/11 victim adds event in Afghanistan
GORHAM – Like everyone who lost someone on Sept. 11, 2001, the family of Gorham native Stephen Ward was thrown into a tailspin when he died in the World Trade Center 11 years ago. Ward was a 33-year-old accountant who had only recently begun working at Cantor Fitzgerald, and he was on the 101st floor […]
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Race honoring Gorham 9/11 victim adds event in Afghanistan
GORHAM – Like everyone who lost someone on Sept. 11, 2001, the family of Gorham native Stephen Ward was thrown into a tailspin when he died in the World Trade Center 11 years ago. Ward was a 33-year-old accountant who had only recently begun working at Cantor Fitzgerald, and he was on the 101st floor […]
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2012 Scarborough SummerFest
Scarborough SummerFest draws big crowd Despite an early evening thunderstorm that put a one-day damper on the traditional fireworks display, Scarborough sent the season off on a high note with a crowd of nearly 5,000 people at the 15th annual SummerFest, staged by Community Services on the grounds of the Clifford Mitchell Sports Complex. To […]
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2012 Scarborough SummerFest
Scarborough SummerFest draws big crowd Despite an early evening thunderstorm that put a one-day damper on the traditional fireworks display, Scarborough sent the season off on a high note with a crowd of nearly 5,000 people at the 15th annual SummerFest, staged by Community Services on the grounds of the Clifford Mitchell Sports Complex. To […]
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Man injured in Cape Elizabeth after dumping gasoline on brush fire
CAPE ELIZABETH – A controlled burn in Cape Elizabeth got out of hand Wednesday morning when one man poured gasoline on the fire. State Police Spokesman Stephen McCausland said Jay Moores, 42, of Saco, was helping a friend burn a brush pile at that person’s home when he “emptied the contents of an old automobile’s […]
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South Portland emergency personnel respond to blaze
SOUTH PORTLAND- Two “rookies” are being praised for actions that made an early-morning fire that closed South Portland’s Main Street for much of the day Aug. 15 go “about as well as it possibly could.” Despite the loss of both his home and his chiropractic office, even the victim, Dr. Alan Williams, said a firefighter […]