SCARBOROUGH – From now on, when you get a bill for an ambulance ride in Scarborough, the return address won’t be the town office, but a company in Rowley, Mass. Town Manager Tom Hall advised councilors at their most recent meeting that he had contracted with Comstar Ambulance Billing, a service founded in 1984 to […]
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Cape Elizabeth Community Services holding open basketball program
CAPE ELIZABETH – Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to exercise and have some fun! Lose those holiday pounds by running on a regulation court and shooting hoops at the Cape Elizabeth Community Services’ open basketball program. All abilities are welcome and high school students and adults of all ages are invited to […]
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Christmas tree farmers try to keep it real
SOUTHERN MAINE – While Maine may be known as the Pine Tree State, come Christmas time, Windham resident Cheryl Kinney prefers an artificial tree. Growing up in the 1960s, Kinney said her parents brought home an aluminum Christmas tree, one of the first alternative holiday trees ever made. Much to the dismay of her natural-tree-preferring […]
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Basketball skills contest coming to South Portland and Old Orchard Beach
SOUTH PORTLAND – The Maine Recreation and Park Association and the Maine Red Claws have once again teamed up to sponsor a basketball “Hot Shot” contest in communities across Maine. The contest is built around a 60-second drill that requires participants to draw on all aspects of the game. “This is not just a shooting […]
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Knifepoint robbery, home invasion reported in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH – The knifepoint robbery of a taxicab driver in Cape Elizabeth Wednesday morning is just the latest in a string of crimes, including a home invasion, to occur in Maine’s most affluent community this past week. The robbery occurred just past 1 a.m., Dec. 21, when three men picked up in downtown Portland […]
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Knifepoint robbery, home invasion reported in Cape Elizabeth
CAPE ELIZABETH – The knifepoint robbery of a taxicab driver in Cape Elizabeth Wednesday morning is just the latest in a string of crimes, including a home invasion, to occur in Maine’s most affluent community this past week. The robbery occurred just past 1 a.m., Dec. 21, when three men picked up in downtown Portland […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Dec. 20, 2001
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a new weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.) Issue of Dec. 20, 2001 At Cape Elizabeth High School’s “Winter Concert” earlier this week, there wasn’t even a hint of holiday de?cor in the auditorium. In Scarborough, […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Dec. 20, 2001
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a new weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.) Issue of Dec. 20, 2001 At Cape Elizabeth High School’s “Winter Concert” earlier this week, there wasn’t even a hint of holiday de?cor in the auditorium. In Scarborough, […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Dec. 20, 2001
(Editor’s note: Looking Back is a new weekly column including news items reported 10 years ago in The Current, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.) Issue of Dec. 20, 2001 At Cape Elizabeth High School’s “Winter Concert” earlier this week, there wasn’t even a hint of holiday de?cor in the auditorium. In Scarborough, […]
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STORM REPORTS – Thinking Pink in Scarborough
There’s probably only one club that could convince Scarborough High School’s football team to wear pink for one of their games: the Pink Ribbon Club. The local chapter of a national group, this is only its third year as a club, but Pink Ribbon Club members are already well-known and growing fast; the number of […]