SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland National Little League will hold its 2012 registration on Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Community Center on 21 Nelson Road. Online registration is also available for all returning players at www.spnll.com. The South Portland National Little League organizes leagues for baseball, softball and […]
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South Portland National Little League opening registration
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland National Little League will hold its 2012 registration on Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Community Center on 21 Nelson Road. Online registration is also available for all returning players at www.spnll.com. The South Portland National Little League organizes leagues for baseball, softball and […]
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On the Maine stage
SCARBOROUGH – Much ‘meaningful’ learning is taking place as Scarborough first- and fifth-graders team up to adapt for the stage the works of Maine authors. SCARBOROUGH – Thirty-nine schoolchildren, made up in a menagerie of hand-crafted animal costumes, stand in the middle of the Scarborough High School auditorium stage when Grade 5 teacher Patrick Reagan […]
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Scarborough may limit fireworks use to five days a year
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough is on the verge of limiting the use of consumer fireworks to just five days during the year, and if you’re scared by the commotion created on those days, feel free to sound off about it – even if you’re a dog. In what Town Manager Tom Hall termed a “dramatic departure” […]
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Scarborough police log – 2/9
Arrests Monday, Jan. 30 Sean Michael Baker, 29, of Portland, on Beech Ridge Road and Heathwood Lane at 6:59 a.m., on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. Reed Jenks, 19, of Old Orchard Beach, on Broadturn Road and Saratoga Lane at 1:16 p.m., on a charge of operating a motor […]
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Scarborough police log – 2/9
Arrests Monday, Jan. 30 Sean Michael Baker, 29, of Portland, on Beech Ridge Road and Heathwood Lane at 6:59 a.m., on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license. Reed Jenks, 19, of Old Orchard Beach, on Broadturn Road and Saratoga Lane at 1:16 p.m., on a charge of operating a motor […]
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CURRENT calendar – 2/9
Friday, Feb. 10 Scarborough Kiwanis Club lunch, every Friday, noon-1 p.m., at Cabela’s, located at 100 Cabela’s Blvd., Scarborough. To find out more about Scarborough Kiwanis, go to www.scarboroughkiwanis.org or contact the club president, Dan Smith, at [email protected]. The Kiwanis Club of Scarborough’s 13th annual fundraiser, 6:30-11 p.m., for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program, The […]
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EDITORIAL – Sebago Education Alliance should serve as model for school districts
Special education has proven to be one of the most vexing issues facing Maine school districts. Through the last two decades, as the field of special education has grown more sophisticated and the level of knowledge on the subject has improved significantly, districts have been better able to identify students with special needs. From 1993-2002, […]
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Scarborough considers cutting town emergency dispatch center
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough has a choice: It can raise property taxes, or it can cut services. Town Manager Tom Hall says that’s because the budget for FY 2013 starts short $2 million, based on cuts in state revenue sharing, a shrinking take on excise taxes and, most importantly, the drying up of federal stimulus and […]
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Scarborough considers cutting town emergency dispatch center
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough has a choice: It can raise property taxes, or it can cut services. Town Manager Tom Hall says that’s because the budget for FY 2013 starts short $2 million, based on cuts in state revenue sharing, a shrinking take on excise taxes and, most importantly, the drying up of federal stimulus and […]