SOUTH PORTLAND – It was a basketball doubleheader day in South Portland on Friday night, as fans of the Red Riots got to see both the boys and girls teams take on Portland in back-to-back contests. The Riot girls got the night off to a good start as they trounced the lowly Bulldogs (1-10), 49-30, […]
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CRISIS CONTROL – Scarborough launching 'first-of-its-kind' disaster prep training
SCARBOROUGH – Since 9/11, it seems the world has been besieged by one natural disaster after another: Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in Japan, the earthquake in Haiti. And as those locales continue to slowly struggle back in one way or another, it has become clear that preparation is about more than simply keeping a well-stocked […]
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Q&A with Officer Kevin Battle, retiring after 26 years with South Portland PD
SOUTH PORTLAND – On Thursday, Jan. 5, Officer Kevin Battle turned in his badge and retired from the South Portland Police Department after 26 years protecting his city. Given his long tenure, you might mistake him for a native, but Battle is “from away.” In fact, he likes to say, he’s from “far away.” Battle […]
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Q&A with Officer Kevin Battle, retiring after 26 years with South Portland PD
SOUTH PORTLAND – On Thursday, Jan. 5, Officer Kevin Battle turned in his badge and retired from the South Portland Police Department after 26 years protecting his city. Given his long tenure, you might mistake him for a native, but Battle is “from away.” In fact, he likes to say, he’s from “far away.” Battle […]
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Q&A with Officer Kevin Battle, retiring after 26 years with South Portland PD
SOUTH PORTLAND – On Thursday, Jan. 5, Officer Kevin Battle turned in his badge and retired from the South Portland Police Department after 26 years protecting his city. Given his long tenure, you might mistake him for a native, but Battle is “from away.” In fact, he likes to say, he’s from “far away.” Battle […]
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Leaving a lasting memory
SCARBOROUGH -As friends and family mourn the death of Timothy Hagerman of Scarborough, SMCC prepares to retire his basketball jersey. SCARBOROUGH – A young man who left this world too soon will be remembered at every future home game of the Southern Maine Community College Seawolves, whenever people pass his framed jersey inside the HUB […]
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Leaving a lasting memory
SCARBOROUGH -As friends and family mourn the death of Timothy Hagerman of Scarborough, SMCC prepares to retire his basketball jersey. SCARBOROUGH – A young man who left this world too soon will be remembered at every future home game of the Southern Maine Community College Seawolves, whenever people pass his framed jersey inside the HUB […]
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Cape Elizabeth sewer fees could see a bump
CAPE ELIZABETH – According to legend, Cape Elizabeth split in two in the late 19th century in a battle over sewer systems. The populous part of town wanted to hook into the Portland Water District, while the rural, southern part was content with dug wells and individual septic tanks. Residents of what eventually became South […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Jan. 17, 2002
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a new weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in September 2011.) Issue of Jan. 17, 2002 Cape Elizabeth police are beginning to notice an increase in drug-related crime in town. Several burglaries in the Scott Dyer Road area on […]
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South Portland police log – 1/19
Arrests Friday, Dec. 30 Jacob A. Greenier, 27, of Millinocket, on Maine Mall Road at 4:51 p.m., on charges of theft by deception and receiving stolen property. Saturday, Dec. 31 Dustin Carroll, 23, of Scarborough, on Broadway at 2:57 a.m., on a warrant and a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. […]