SOUTH PORTLAND – The lights are about to go out in South Portland, literally. At a workshop meeting Monday, the City Council accepted the final recommendation of a 13-member ad hoc committee calling for 184 streetlights to be permanently doused in the Loveitt’s Field, Meeting House Hill, Pleasantdale and Stanwood Park neighborhoods. Although the committee […]
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GETTING THERE FROM HERE – Scarborough looks to close Eastern Trail gap
SCARBOROUGH – When John Andrews, 74, was a young boy growing up in Gardiner, he checked out every book on chess he could find at the Maine State Library in Augusta. That experience came in useful, he says, when it came time to piece together the easements needed to create the 69-mile-long Eastern Trail – […]
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TRACK AT A CROSSROAD – Horse owners ponder future of Scarborough Downs
SCARBOROUGH – Renee Robertson has had enough. “We’re leaving the state because of Question 2,” she said on Saturday, as she watched one of her horses circle the track at Scarborough Downs. Robertson and her husband, Dick, house and train 11 standardbred trotting horses at nearby Robertson Racing Stables. Brandishing that day’s racing program, she […]
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CURRENT calendar – 11/17
Thursday, Nov. 17 Community Forum, South Portland Comprehensive Plan Committee, 6 p.m., South Portland Community Center, to discuss future land use and possible zoning changes. FMI, contact Tex Haeuser, director of Planning and Development, [email protected]. Cape Elizabeth Community Fire and Police Appreciation, 2:30-4 p.m., at the Fire Station Community Room. Join the community in thanking […]
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CURRENT calendar – 11/17
Thursday, Nov. 17 Community Forum, South Portland Comprehensive Plan Committee, 6 p.m., South Portland Community Center, to discuss future land use and possible zoning changes. FMI, contact Tex Haeuser, director of Planning and Development, [email protected]. Cape Elizabeth Community Fire and Police Appreciation, 2:30-4 p.m., at the Fire Station Community Room. Join the community in thanking […]
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LOOKING BACK – Issue of Nov. 15, 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 Nov. 15, 2001 Scarborough is the third-safest place in Maine, among towns and cities with populations greater than 10,000 people, according to the recently released FBI […]
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Scarborough police log – 11/17
Logs Tuesday, Nov. 8 Theft of services – A resident of Pillsbury Drive reported that someone had opened a Comcast cable account in her name in Flint, Mich., a fact she discovered when a collection agency bill for $627 came in the mail. Friday, Nov. 11 Assault – At 7:04 p.m., a woman reported that […]
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South Portland police log – 11/17
Arrests Saturday, Oct. 29 Max A. Trott, 28, of South Portland, on Western Avenue at 1:22 a.m., on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. Kevin Tapley, 31, of South Portland, on MacArthur Circle West at 3:08 a.m., on a charge of domestic violence assault. Melvin L. Jackson, 43, of Portland, […]
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South Portland police log – 11/17
Arrests Saturday, Oct. 29 Max A. Trott, 28, of South Portland, on Western Avenue at 1:22 a.m., on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. Kevin Tapley, 31, of South Portland, on MacArthur Circle West at 3:08 a.m., on a charge of domestic violence assault. Melvin L. Jackson, 43, of Portland, […]
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South Portland names new mayor
SOUTH PORTLAND – On Monday, South Portland City Councilor Patti Smith got a nice nod of recognition to go along with her recent re-election victory – unanimous election as the city’s next mayor. “I haven’t been here very long, I’ve only lived in Maine since 2004,” she said, her voice choking with emotion. “I just […]