SOUTH PORTLAND – In the three weeks since Rosemarie De Angelis used her last meeting as South Portland mayor to resurrect an old question – the 34-year-old practice of providing city councilors with free health insurance – Tom Coward said “not a single person” he’s spoken to has begrudged him his coverage, or its $17,000 […]
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Scarborough burglaries continue as a suspect is sought
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough’s “seasonal” burglary spree continues unabated, with three homes and a business hit last week – bringing the number of break-ins since Oct. 1 to 24. However, for the first time, police have a suspect in their sights. On Thursday, a person living near the end of Holmes Road reported an “odd” visitor […]
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EDITORIAL – Christmas tree fee makes good sense
In 1993, the California milk industry was in dire straits. Faced with declining sales and steep competition from juice and soft drinks, the California Department of Food and Agriculture formed the California Milk Processor Board to better sell the product to consumers. The result was the now-famous “Got Milk?” campaign, which has been credited with […]
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South Portland news briefs – Pool, new school, and Winter Festival
Winter festival It may not be a white Christmas this year, but South Portland residents are guaranteed a wintry blanket come the New Year. That’s because the Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth has purchases snow-making equipment to make certain the city’s first Winter Festival, scheduled for Feb. 3-4 in Mill Creek Park, goes off […]
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South Portland news briefs – Pool, new school, and Winter Festival
Winter festival It may not be a white Christmas this year, but South Portland residents are guaranteed a wintry blanket come the New Year. That’s because the Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth has purchases snow-making equipment to make certain the city’s first Winter Festival, scheduled for Feb. 3-4 in Mill Creek Park, goes off […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log – 12/22
Logs Wednesday, Dec. 7 Sgt. Steindl responded to a home on Mitchell Road for a domestic violence complaint. Thursday, Dec. 8 Detective Fenton received a referral from the district attorney’s office about a “possible child abuse case” in town. Friday, Dec. 9 Two officers were called to the high school for a “report of a […]
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Scarborough police log – 12/22
Logs Monday, Dec. 12 Suspicious person – At 1:52 p.m., the Christmas Tree Shop on Payne Road reported that two females took items off store shelves and “attempted to return them for store credit.” The woman had left by the time police arrived. Lost property – At 5:13 p.m., employees of the Eight Corners Market […]
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South Portland police log – 12/22
Arrests Sunday, Dec. 4 Heather L. Morse, 25, of South Portland, on Broadway at 1:52 a.m., on charges of operating a motor vehicle without a license and operating an unregistered motor vehicle. Samantha L. Downs, 21, of Buckfield, on Broadway at 2:48 a.m., on a charge of operating a motor vehicle after license suspension. Adam […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS – Long-term care for the long run
Each of us, I’m sure, has wondered, what will happen when we can no longer sprint up the steps (or in my case, stairs) to the front door. What if we forget what we’ve taken for medication – time after time? What do we do? Who do we call? Much as we hate to say […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Nothing but natter from the barnyard
The most recent development in the Grand Old Ovine (sheep) Party presidential candidate circus on the Flatley farm revolves around ex-candidate Donald the Odd Duck. His own campaign was done in by an extreme hairdo that got in his eyes and kept him from reading his notes, and he attempted to re-establish himself as host […]