In writing in favor of last year’s $41.5 million bond to overhaul South Portland High School, we said, “So while it is not perfect, we support the bond proposal because the best money a city can spend is on education. We support it because much of the work in the proposal will have to be […]
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EDITORIAL – Wentworth school project a good use of town funds
In writing in favor of last year’s $41.5 million bond to overhaul South Portland High School, we said, “So while it is not perfect, we support the bond proposal because the best money a city can spend is on education. We support it because much of the work in the proposal will have to be […]
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Higgins Beach homeowners present summer observations
SCARBOROUGH – When Higgins Beach homeowners complained last spring of the impact parking changes would have on their community, Town Manager Tom Hall had a counter-critique. “It was all conjecture and opinion based. That’s no one’s fault, but that’s what it amounted to,” he said. “My comment was that we needed to surround ourselves with […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – 10/27
Yes on ?Question 2 Breeding, training and racing standard bred horses has been a tradition in Maine for well more than a century, and our family is proud to be part of that history. We operate Searway Stables in Cape Elizabeth, and we also have a breeding operation and racing operation. I’m a judge at […]
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Four vie for three Scarborough Town Council seats
SCARBOROUGH – In Scarborough, there exists the potential of a paradigm shift of sorts on the Town Council. In addition to the race profiled last week in The Current – where either Kerry Corthell or Ron Ahlquist will finish out the term of retiring Councilor Michael Wood – there are three full-term seats up for […]
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Route 1 bus service may skip Scarborough stops
SCARBOROUGH – There’s a famous political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin, the first one published in America, actually, which shows a snake split into many parts, each one labeled for one of the 13 original colonies. The caption reads simply, “Join or Die.” Supporters of public transportation may get the point. Despite increased ridership, rising costs […]
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Q&A with South Portland saxophonist Allen Lowe
SOUTH PORTLAND – This year, more than 200 people from a wide range of creative fields applied for an Artists’ Fellowship Grant, an annual award of the Maine Arts Commission. On Oct. 19, four winners were named, including South Portland saxophonist Allen Lowe. Billed as “one of the nation’s highest awards for individual artists made […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log – 10/27
Logs Tuesday, Oct. 11 Motor vehicle burglary – A canvas tote bag containing a cell phone and “several dozen” CDs was reported stolen from a vehicle parked on Fowler Road. Summonses Wednesday, Oct. 12 Elena Brandt, 57, of Cape Elizabeth, on Scott Dyer Road at 8 a.m., for failure to produce proof of motor vehicle […]
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GUEST COLUMN – Vote no on Wentworth
I was a member of the Scarborough Town Council from 1996 to 2008. For six of these years I served as chairman of the Town Council. In addition, I served on the Town Council Finance Committee (12 years), Intermediate School Land Search Committee, High School Facilities Committee and High School Building Committee. These qualifications give […]
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Question 1 would undo same-day registration ban
PORTLAND – Do you want to give people permission to register to vote on Election Day, or leave things the way they are? That’s the essential point of Question 1 on this year’s ballot. It is a People’s Veto which, if passed, would undo new legislation enacted this year that requires people to register to […]