SOUTH PORTLAND – In 2004, Julie Marchese faced her toughest challenge. Marchese was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, in 2012, Marchese will once again serve as an organizer for the Tri For a Cure triathlon, an event that she co-founded in 2008 to raise money for cancer research. Once again, Southern Maine Community College will […]
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Protecting the South Portland waterfront
SOUTH PORTLAND – Two months ago, Officer Peter Corbett of the South Portland Police Department received what may go down as the strangest radio transmission of his career. On the surface, it may have seemed innocuous enough. Corbett was working a joint detail with Sgt. Andrew Hutchings of the Portland Police Department when the Forest […]
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Scarborough's comeback kids
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough 13- to 14-year-old Junior League all-star baseball team has won the Maine District 6 championship. After losing their first game to Falmouth 3-2, Scarborough came back to beat Portland 12-1, Cape Elizabeth 6-1, Falmouth 8-1 and South Portland 9-1 and 10-1. At the state tournament in Bangor this weekend, Scarborough beat […]
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Local residents go Peaks to Portland
PORTLAND – A Pennsylvania man has won the 2012 Peaks to Portland open water swim. Scott Yeomans, 48, of Bethlehem, Pa., won the race in 45:32.8. Pamela Torrey, 51, of Portland was the top woman finisher, and 11th overall, with a time of 50.14.5. There were 316 finishers overall for the 2.4-mile swim. Local finishers […]
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Veterans fishing event coming to South Portland The Veterans Appreciation Fishing Tournament, a fishing tournament and day of boating held in honor of the men and woman of the armed forces, will be held Saturday, July 28, at Port Harbor Marine in South Portland. The 2009 inaugural event, and the 2010 and 2011 events involved […]
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EDITORIAL – Asking the right questions on gun control
The questions that remain unanswered following the shooting last week at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., are as plentiful as they are unsettling: How does a person with no criminal record turn into a killer? How does someone become so callous as to slaughter complete strangers? Were there warning signs? Could it have been […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log – 7/26
Logs Tuesday, July 10 Theft – Two Haro brand bicycles were reported missing from a garage on Cross Hill Road. Thursday, July 12 Hit and run – A Cross Hill Road resident reported that an older model, black sedan hit a mailbox and a tree on the property before driving off. Sunday, July 15 Intoxication […]
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Scarborough police log – 7/26
Arrests Monday, July 16 Lafayette Morong IV, 23, of South Portland, on Campus Drive at 11:57 a.m., on two warrants for failure to pay a fine. Tuesday, July 17 Davis N. Martin, 23, of Falmouth, on County Road at 12:40 p.m., on a charge of operating a motor vehicle when license suspended. Christopher E. Noyes, […]
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LETTER: A vote for Volk
A vote for Volk My name is Ian Bristol. I am a local oncologist, husband, and father of three children living and working in the Scarborough area. I am writing this letter in support of Amy Volk’s bid for re-election to the state House of Representatives in the upcoming election this fall. Amy has served […]
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Voting rule debate gets heavy in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – What could have been a perfunctory round of appointments at the July 16 meeting of the South Portland City Council turned instead into a 20-minute tete-a-tete on Robert’s Rules of Order. On the agenda were two appointments: Gerard Jalbert as the council’s representative to the Long Creek Watershed Management District board of […]