For as long as I can remember it’s been called “The Dunkertown Incident,” and the question I often get when I start to tell about it is: Where’s Dunkertown? That’s when I feel the need to admit that the incident really didn’t take place in Dunkertown, a small village over on the New Hampshire border, […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – The Dunkertown Incident
For as long as I can remember it’s been called “The Dunkertown Incident,” and the question I often get when I start to tell about it is: Where’s Dunkertown? That’s when I feel the need to admit that the incident really didn’t take place in Dunkertown, a small village over on the New Hampshire border, […]
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Planning board chairman criticizes councilors on farmers market
SOUTH PORTLAND – After more than two months of backstage wrangling, the South Portland Farmers’ Market will have a new home for its sophomore season, but a Planning Board waiver that enabled the move came with a stern rebuke from city councilors. The City Council voted 5-2 on May 7 – with Councilor Rosemarie De […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of May 16, 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 May 16, 2002 Driving a snowplow is serious business in the middle of a Maine winter when one storm can dump up to a foot or more […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Rethinking some familiar teachings
After hearing the Republican presidential wannabes lay claims as to which among them was the best Christian, Lucius Flatley and the coffee shop regulars were inspired to discuss similarities between today’s self-proclaimed Christian politicians and Christ himself. Jesus was a lone wandering preacher with a small group of followers whose dress and demeanor proclaimed them […]
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Scarborough approves $37.4M school budget
SCARBOROUGH – Taxpayers in Scarborough shrugged off the promise of higher taxes Tuesday, approving a $37.4 million school budget by a vote of 683-585. A second question asked voters whether the budget was too high (592), too low (297) or acceptable (368). New Superintendent Dr. George Entwistle III called his first budget a “correction year,” […]
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South Portland voters support school budget
SOUTH PORTLAND – Although South Portland city councilors had to ask twice this year to get the cuts in school spending their wanted, voters Tuesday proved less demanding. By a vote of 413 to 277, residents approved a $39.9 million operating budget for the next school year, an increase of 1.78 percent, following a council […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES – It just don't pay
The only thing worse than taxes is tax breaks. That seems as contradictory as Newt Gingrich saying fundamentalist Muslims are trying to turn the United States into a country of atheists. But unlike much of what Newt says, there’s a rational basis for my contention. The amount we’re taxed by state and local governments isn’t […]
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South Portland standoff ends peaceably
SOUTH PORTLAND – A “mental-health emergency” at the corner of Broadway and Margaret Street in South Portland ended peaceably Thursday evening when a knife-wielding subject obeyed police commands to disarm. According to Sgt. Thomas Simonds of the South Portland Police Department, a white male in his mid-50s was seen “waving knives” behind at apartment complex […]
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South Portland standoff ends peaceably
SOUTH PORTLAND – A “mental-health emergency” at the corner of Broadway and Margaret Street in South Portland ended peaceably Thursday evening when a knife-wielding subject obeyed police commands to disarm. According to Sgt. Thomas Simonds of the South Portland Police Department, a white male in his mid-50s was seen “waving knives” behind at apartment complex […]