WESTBROOK – Talent, as the writer Daniel Coyle argues, tends to be cultivated in clusters. Soccer in Maine is no different, as there is an 838-square mile swath of Maine that produces an outsized amount of soccer talent compared to the rest of the state. To visually appreciate this “Golden Triangle” of soccer talent in […]
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Looking for a sign in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – A City Council left strongly divided after two different debates will try once more on March 19 to reach consensus on a sign request made by the South Portland Farmers’ Market, which has struggled to retain customers after a strong opening last summer. Market leaders are calling on the city to post […]
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Looking for a sign in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – A City Council left strongly divided after two different debates will try once more on March 19 to reach consensus on a sign request made by the South Portland Farmers’ Market, which has struggled to retain customers after a strong opening last summer. Market leaders are calling on the city to post […]
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South Portland students win robotics competition
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland High School robotics team, better know as “The Riot Crew,” has transferred to a national stage with its win in the BAE Systems Granite State Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in Manchester, N.H., March 3. (Watch the team’s matches here and here.) The team now takes its talents to the […]
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Cuts to high school project won't include Beal Gym
SOUTH PORTLAND – Although the architectural landscape is shifting by the day, and even by the hour, as South Portland school officials look to make budget on the $47.3 million high school renovation project, at least two cost centers won’t be touched – Beal Gym and energy-efficient design. “There were many votes that were made […]
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Officials: High bid on SPHS renovation won't impact Scarborough project
SCARBOROUGH – With bids for the South Portland High School renovation project coming in $4 million more than available funding, Scarborough taxpayers who just approved $39.1 million bond to replace Wentworth Intermediate School may be wondering if they are in store for a similar swing-and-a-miss. However, Dan Cecil of Harriman Associates, the architect of record […]
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STORM REPORTS – Keeping Scarborough grads safe
Oxford Hills, 1979. Twelve teenagers died during graduation season, all related to drugs or alcohol. This tragedy prompted a change. Oxford Hills offered its class of 1980 an alternative: a substance-free party for graduating seniors, sponsored by parents and the community. Since then, high schools across the nation have adopted this practice, called Project Graduation, […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of March 7, 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 March 7, 2002 The Scarborough Town Council wants people in town to recycle more. In fact, the council wants to almost double the recycling rate from the […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of March 7, 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 March 7, 2002 The Scarborough Town Council wants people in town to recycle more. In fact, the council wants to almost double the recycling rate from the […]
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Scarborough police log – 3/8
Arrests Tuesday, Feb. 28 Joseph Louis Bennett, 40, of Scarborough, on Saco Street and Vance Street at 11:07 a.m., on charges of violating conditions of release and failure to register motor vehicle. Todd A. Hutchins, 47, of Warren, on Gallery Boulevard at 4:05 p.m., on charges of theft by unauthorized taking, violating a protective order, […]