SCARBOROUGH – A California man who allegedly built a fire within a protected area of Higgins Beach has been summonsed for receiving property belonging to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. According to an IF&W press release, Game Wardens Jason Scott and Peter Herring were on an endangered species protection patrol at about […]
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Cape Elizabeth child 'well' after near drowning in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – Police say a 7-year-old child from Cape Elizabeth “has been released from the hospital and is at home with family doing well” following a near drowning just past 1 p.m. Thursday at Wassamki Springs Campground in Scarborough. According to a post on the police department’s Facebook page maintained by dispatcher Jamie Higgins, the […]
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M.D. Harmon: There’s no shortage of ideas to replace Obamacare
Instead of costly top-down mandates, the nation can maximize personal choice and save money doing it.
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M.D. Harmon: There’s no shortage of ideas to replace Obamacare
Instead of costly top-down mandates, the nation can maximize personal choice and save money doing it.
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UPDATE: Scarborough home burglary likely work of 'juvenile actions by an adult'
SCARBOROUGH – Burglars hit the Willowdale Road home of a 2012 Scarborough High School graduate over the July 4 holiday, taking thousands of dollars in jewelry, musical instruments and electronics, but leaving behind vulgar graffiti. “I’m not sure they’re words that are suitable for a family newspaper,” said Scarborough Police Department spokesman Detective-Sgt. Rick Rouse, […]
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Scarborough deals with unpaid tax bills
SCARBOROUGH – A town can do a lot with $150,000, but not if it can’t collect it, a dilemma that has the Scarborough Finance Committee fretting over how to get personal property taxes out of businesses that simply refuse to pay. Like most towns, Scarborough depends on commercial enterprise within its borders to voluntarily divulge […]
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Jetport takeoffs to avoid South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – As recently as this spring, Liz Beausang was on the phone to officials at the Portland International Jetport up to eight times a week, complaining about engine noise from departing jets waking her 3-year-old at all hours, as they took off over her Gould Road home in South Portland. Beausang runs a […]
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Jetport takeoffs to avoid South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – As recently as this spring, Liz Beausang was on the phone to officials at the Portland International Jetport up to eight times a week, complaining about engine noise from departing jets waking her 3-year-old at all hours, as they took off over her Gould Road home in South Portland. Beausang runs a […]
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Bull Moose unveils plans for store in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – One of Maine’s most successful retailers, Bull Moose, will open its 11th store this fall in South Portland. Company founder Brett Wickard said Wednesday the former Blockbuster building at 219 Waterman Ave., which he bought March 21 for $1.2 million via holding company Green Crossing Blue LLC, will be built out to […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of July 11, 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 July 11, 2002 Tim Downs abruptly resigned as a town councilor, effective immediately, on Monday because he is moving out of town. He told Town Clerk Yolande […]