SCARBOROUGH – Nearly 70 questions put forth by members of the Scarborough community have been boiled down into four goals in an 18-month “improvement strategy” for local schools. Superintendent George Entwistle III and other key administrators drafted the strategy following an Oct. 12 community forum attended by more than 360 people. The plan, Entwistle said, […]
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Two longtime Scarborough antique stores closing
SCARBOROUGH – Two longstanding antique stores located on opposite ends of Route 1 in Scarborough, not to mention on opposite ends of the market, are closing their doors. Both businesses are run by septuagenarian owners who say the market has changed dramatically in recent years. Centervale Farm Antiques, which has offered fine antiques and collectables […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Jan. 2, 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. 2, 2002 When John F. Kennedy met John Houbolt, a Scarborough resident, in the hallway of a Washington hotel in 1960, he had no idea […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Jan. 2, 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. 2, 2002 When John F. Kennedy met John Houbolt, a Scarborough resident, in the hallway of a Washington hotel in 1960, he had no idea […]
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Scarborough police log – 1/05/12
Logs Monday, Dec. 19 Theft – At 4.p.m., Seacoast Motor Transport on Pine Point Road reported the theft of 20 aluminum side stakes from a logging trailer parked in its lot since Dec. 9. At some point since then, the posts, which keep logs on the flatbed, were taken. Each one measures two inches deep, […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log – 1/05/12
Summonses Thursday, Dec. 22 William Potter, 32, of South Portland, on Sawyer Road at 8:30 a.m., for failure to produce proof of motor vehicle insurance. Friday, Dec. 23 Forrest Maynard, 38, of South Portland, on Sawyer Road at 8:15 a.m., for operating an uninspected motor vehicle. Saturday, Dec. 24 Carey Gregor, 20, of Cape Elizabeth, […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log – 1/05/12
Summonses Thursday, Dec. 22 William Potter, 32, of South Portland, on Sawyer Road at 8:30 a.m., for failure to produce proof of motor vehicle insurance. Friday, Dec. 23 Forrest Maynard, 38, of South Portland, on Sawyer Road at 8:15 a.m., for operating an uninspected motor vehicle. Saturday, Dec. 24 Carey Gregor, 20, of Cape Elizabeth, […]
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Scarborough High School honor roll
1st Quarter SENIOR HIGH HONORS: Dominique Burnham, Haley Carignan, Adam Cohen, Alison Davis, Daniel Farley, Garret Hazelwood, Alexander Henny, Kennedy Johnson, Alexander Kyte, Megan Loiselle, Samuel Moore, Lindsay Murphy, Kathryn Odden, Allison Orr, Sarah Pritchard, Susan Rundell, Mary Scott, Caitlin Stahl-Hodgkins, Emily Tolman, Mariah Volk. SENIOR HONORS: Zachary Albahary, Benjamin Alper, Hannah Anderson, Dayna Ankermann, […]
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Dill cites Snowe's money, Americans Elect as hurdles for Senate campaign
CAPE ELIZABETH – While she’s not yet off to the races, state Sen. Cynthia Dill, has her running shoes on and is trying out the starter’s blocks for size. On New Year’s Day, the Cape Elizabeth Democrat announced on her blog (www.dillsconventionalwisdom. blogspot.com) that, “against all odds,” she is mulling a run for the U.S. […]
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Gorham man arrested, suspected of multiple Hannaford robberies
WATERBORO – A 23-year-old Gorham man was arrested and charged with robbing the Hannaford Bros. supermarket in Waterboro on Tuesday, Jan. 3, and authorities are confident he’s the same man who robbed other stores in Gorham, Scarborough and Portland during the last two months, according to Mathew Baker, chief deputy sheriff for the York County […]