SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland School Department has submitted its final plans for a renovated and rebuilt high school and is requesting bids from contractors, according to a statement released today. The press release follows in its entirety: Bid documents for the management and construction of the expansion and renovation of South Portland High […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Resolved: No resolutions
Did you celebrate New Year’s? You did? Mind if I ask why? I can see celebrating the first day of the year if you’re a race horse. On Jan. 1, all race horses celebrate a birthday regardless of when they were born. Foals become yearlings, yearlings become 2-year-olds and so on. For that reason, as […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – ‘Extra Help’ for prescription drug costs
Last August, while we were enjoying our summer and relatively warm weather, we missed a few news items and press releases that could affect our health and the way we live – and our budget. Winter budgets are a concern to a lot of us folks. Now that I’m not distracted by enticing weather, I […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Before you blame public unions …
Among other advantages, unions serve to give workers some protection, and government unions are not excepted. Civil service, which is often invoked as a sufficient protection for public employees, was not created for that purpose. Rather, it came about to prevent political corruption – to ensure that new political brooms couldn’t sweep public services clean […]
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Cape Elizabeth's Dill considering run against Snowe
CAPE ELIZABETH – State Sen. Cynthia Dill, a Democrat from Cape Elizabeth, is considering throwing her hat into the primary race for the opportunity to challenge U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe in November. Matt Dunlap, a former secretary of state, and state Rep. Jon Hinck of Portland have each announced that they will be candidates for […]
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Scarborough ‘coverall bandit’ may be connected to Gorham crimes
SCARBOROUGH – The coverall bandit has struck again, this time robbing the Shaw’s supermarket at 417 Payne Road in Scarborough, where he made off with an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday evening. The incident occurred at about 6:40 p.m., Dec. 28, when a man wearing a tan Carhartt coverall and a dark blue, watch cap-style […]
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Celebrating everyday miracles
CUMBERLAND COUNTY – Miracles are often described as amazing and larger than life, cases of divine intervention that suspend the laws of nature and make the impossible possible. But miracles happen every day, right in our own backyards. A one-eyed owl shows a remarkable will to live of the coast of Maine, a Raymond man’s […]
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Celebrating everyday miracles
CUMBERLAND COUNTY – Miracles are often described as amazing and larger than life, cases of divine intervention that suspend the laws of nature and make the impossible possible. But miracles happen every day, right in our own backyards. A one-eyed owl shows a remarkable will to live of the coast of Maine, a Raymond man’s […]
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A 'once-in-a-lifetime' sale
SOUTH PORTLAND – One of the city’s oldest homes, one of only six said to pre-date the birth of the nation, changes hands. SOUTH PORTLAND – Webber Associates agent Clay Ryder, who brokered the sale, calls it a “once-in-a- lifetime” property transfer. That’s no small statement, coming from someone who’s been in the greater Portland […]
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A 'once-in-a-lifetime' sale
SOUTH PORTLAND – One of the city’s oldest homes, one of only six said to pre-date the birth of the nation, changes hands. SOUTH PORTLAND – Webber Associates agent Clay Ryder, who brokered the sale, calls it a “once-in-a- lifetime” property transfer. That’s no small statement, coming from someone who’s been in the greater Portland […]