SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Red Storm are becoming the Cardiac Kids of the Class A West girls basketball tournament. After escaping with a late come-from-behind win against Cheverus in the quarterfinals, the No. 2 Red Storm pulled the same trick off again in the semifinals, coming back from a double-digit deficit to stun No. 3 […]
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Scarborough gauges impact of Wentworth construction
SCARBOROUGH – A potential pinch in the pocketbook for Scarborough taxpayers is not the only impact to be felt from the new Wentworth Intermediate School, a $39.1 million construction project overwhelmingly approved by voters last November. The town is now maneuvering to skirt a $218,000 fine it could draw for filling 1.35 acres of wetlands […]
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LOOKING BACK – 2/23
(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 Feb. 21, 2002 Seniors in town want a pool, a gathering place, organized activities and a way to communicate with the town and each other. At least […]
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Pipeline a distraction from development of energy alternatives
Energy independence is so plainly necessary for the United States that it is hard to see why anyone short of a Saudi prince would be against it. It is such a popular notion, in fact, that it is used as a political justification for a number of bad ideas. Think expanded offshore drilling, widespread nuclear […]
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South Portland police log – 2/23
Arrests Saturday, Feb. 4 Natasha L. Mitsin, 32, of Steep Falls, on Running Hill Road at 8:51 p.m., on a charge of violating conditions of release. Brian C. Mitsin, 36, of Steep Falls, on Running Hill Road at 8:51 p.m., on charges of possessing a scheduled drug, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, […]
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Scarborough police log – 2/23
Arrests Monday, Feb. 13 Crystal Lee Miller, 25, of Lewiston, at 2:36 a.m. at Payne Road and Cabela Boulevard, on charges of unlawful possession of oxycodone, unlawful possession of a scheduled drug (cocaine), unlawful possession of a scheduled drug (penicillin) and sale/use of drug paraphernalia. Marcia Belanger, 47, of Biddeford, at 11:31 a.m. at Pine […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Afloat on sea of gaseous contention
The re-election of Democratic Legislatures every biennium for 30 years and, with one exception – of Democratic or Democratic-leaning governors during that same political drought – seemed last year to the newly empowered Republicans in the Maine Legislature to be proof of voting hanky-panky. Convinced that they may have been victims of skullduggery, these sleuths […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Afloat on sea of gaseous contention
The re-election of Democratic Legislatures every biennium for 30 years and, with one exception – of Democratic or Democratic-leaning governors during that same political drought – seemed last year to the newly empowered Republicans in the Maine Legislature to be proof of voting hanky-panky. Convinced that they may have been victims of skullduggery, these sleuths […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Help from the experts
Medicare can be confusing but help is available If you live in the Lakes Region, you may want to take advantage of special seminars hosted by Southern Maine Agency on Aging. If you cannot travel to Windham, check with SMAA for a seminar near you. The agency serves York and Cumberland counties. Toll free phone […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Help from the experts
Medicare can be confusing but help is available If you live in the Lakes Region, you may want to take advantage of special seminars hosted by Southern Maine Agency on Aging. If you cannot travel to Windham, check with SMAA for a seminar near you. The agency serves York and Cumberland counties. Toll free phone […]