SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council conducted a second workshop Monday on a proposed “disorderly house” ordinance, and this time it was the landlords’ turn to speak out. The new rule, which could see homes and apartments posted against occupation following as few as three police visits in a 30-day period, passed an […]
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State official: No danger from uninspected dams
AUGUSTA – The head of the state agency responsible for the safety of about 100 potentially hazardous dams admitted to a legislative committee Monday that the dams are not being inspected when the law says they should be. But he also said he was confident in the assurance he got from the chief dam inspector […]
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Local football scores for 9/23 and 9/24
Saturday’s scores Sanford 8 @ Cheverus 41 Westbrook 22 @ Fryeburg Academy 6 Gorham 37@ Biddeford 7 Bonny Eagle 34 @ Scarborough 20 Falmouth 6 @ Cape Elizabeth 28 Mountain Valley 53 @ Gray-New Gloucester 0 Kennebunk 3 @ Windham 35 Lake Region 14@ Marshwood 51 Massabesic 7 @ South Portland 39 Thornton Academy 42 […]
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South Portland beats Massabesic, 39-7
Check out these photos from South Portland’s 39-7 win over Massabesic in South Portland Friday night. (Photos by Rich Obrey) Massabesic senior Mark Bender leads his team through the banner and onto the field for the start of the game. Kelsey Morton and her fellow cheerleaders exhort the crowd early in Friday’s contest. Head coach […]
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New year, new rabbi
SOUTH PORTLAND – Somewhere in the many dimensions of the multiverse, there exists an Earth were Jared Saks is a brilliant young member of the scientific set who, with his warm ways and winning smile, both awes and inspires the public as he works to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos. But not on our […]
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LETTER – Wentworth project too expensive
Three cheers for the article written by Jeffrey Messer, placed in the Sept. 12 issue of the Portland Press Herald. Now let’s all go out and make an “educated” decision to vote down the Scarborough Wentworth School project. We must not continue to make the same mistakes the generation before us have made (and are […]
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LETTER – Wentworth project too expensive
Three cheers for the article written by Jeffrey Messer, placed in the Sept. 12 issue of the Portland Press Herald. Now let’s all go out and make an “educated” decision to vote down the Scarborough Wentworth School project. We must not continue to make the same mistakes the generation before us have made (and are […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
LETTER – Wentworth project too expensive
Three cheers for the article written by Jeffrey Messer, placed in the Sept. 12 issue of the Portland Press Herald. Now let’s all go out and make an “educated” decision to vote down the Scarborough Wentworth School project. We must not continue to make the same mistakes the generation before us have made (and are […]
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GUEST COLUMN – Geothermal right fit for Wentworth school
After reading a recent column published in the Portland Press Herald (Sept. 12, Maine Voices: Middle School proposal for Scarborough too big and too expensive) disparaging the proposed Wentworth Intermediate School replacement project, I feel compelled to respond to some of the comments/opinions that are incorrect or at the least misleading, in particular with regard […]
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South Portland moves forward on 'disorderly house' rules
SOUTH PORTLAND – South Portland is one step closer to making landlords responsible for disruptions in the buildings they own. In a unanimous vote Monday, the City Council approved the first reading of a “disorderly house” ordinance, which calls for a compulsory meeting between city officials and building owners if police are called to a […]