An interesting discussion ensued last week at the coffee shop when Ginnie MacLane sent a note requesting the manager to stop selling her husband so many rich doughnuts. According to the note, her husband didn’t have the willpower to say no to these delicious concoctions and his waistline was beginning to reflect his lack of […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Expert advice – and free, too
I have no news to report from Augusta. I keep wondering, like some of you, what will happen when and if Gov. LePage gets his way and ravages the Tobacco Fund so some of us go back to paying nearly $100 a month for our Medicare. I wonder if he’s still planning on a drug […]
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Super Bowl kindles local memories, predictions
WESTBROOK – Four years after the Patriots’ stunning Super Bowl loss to the Giants, Sunday’s rematch offers New England an opportunity for redemption, and a chance for local fans of both teams to revel in what it is now a bitter rivalry. As that rivalry plays out on the world’s biggest stage, the gut-wrenching memory […]
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Scarborough's Mars named top offensive lineman
SCARBOROUGH – In football, it’s tough for an offensive lineman to get any recognition. If they do their job right, the offense can move the ball and score, but the lion’s share of the credit goes to the quarterback, the running backs and receivers. Most of the time, when an offensive lineman gets mentioned, it’s […]
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Sprague pulls Scarborough Beach project
SCARBOROUGH – A 64-acre beachfront lot adjacent to Scarborough Beach State Park will remain farmland, and not a 370-space parking lot, as proposed by property owner, The Sprague Corp. Citing cost overruns, Seth Sprague, president of the Sprague Corp. and its subsidiary company, Black Point Resource Management, has pulled the Planning Board application that asked […]
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After 50 years, Rotary will have to wait two more weeks for South Portland Winter Festival
SOUTH PORTLAND – Last summer, when the South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club decided to celebrate its 50th birthday by sponsoring the city’s first-ever Winter Festival, it seemed like a brilliant idea. That’s because, last summer, everyone presumed we would have a winter. As it turns out, the two-day event, originally scheduled for this weekend, has […]
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Hedging on Haigis Parkway
SCARBOROUGH – At a special meeting Jan. 25 called with the 15 landowners within the Haigis Parkway zoning district, members of the town’s Long-Range Planning Committee announced their intent to relax rules on allowable development. Gone was the vision of so-called “campus-style” construction, limited to professional offices, convention centers, hotels and high-tech industry. In its […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Jan. 31, 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 Jan. 31, 2002 Managing traffic generated by a proposed Great American Neighborhood in Dunstan village is the biggest hurdle facing the project’s approval. The traffic problem was […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Jan. 31, 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 Jan. 31, 2002 Managing traffic generated by a proposed Great American Neighborhood in Dunstan village is the biggest hurdle facing the project’s approval. The traffic problem was […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
EDITORIAL – Time to revamp teen driving rules
Remember how nerve-wracking it was on the day of your driver’s license exam, wondering if you were going to go in the correct lane, signal properly and nail the parallel-parking test? If you were asked to complete that same test six months or a year later, after a few more miles on the road, you […]