After reading a recent column published in the Portland Press Herald (Sept. 12 2011, Maine Voices: Middle school proposal for Scarborough too big and too expensive) I would like to give the voters of Scarborough the correct information regarding the proposed Wentworth Intermediate School replacement project. As a practicing architectural designer for 13 years, I […]
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EDITORIAL – The absurdities of the new fireworks law
In all likelihood, in communities throughout Maine, the ringing in of New Year’s 2012 will be accompanied by the whistles and booms of fireworks. Unfortunately, that is likely to happen whether communities embrace the state law that makes many fireworks legal beginning Jan. 1, or whether they follow Portland’s lead and ban them altogether. And […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Meet religion's close cousin
With the news of the religious whackadoodle emanating from Republican presidential candidates, Lucius Flatley and the coffee shop regulars were inspired to an hour of deep discussion this week on that very subject. They began with Job, an early Israeli farmer who, because he suffered terrible reverses, asked, “Why, God?” They then moved on to […]
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UP THE ROAD A PIECE – Seasonal math doesn't add up
The flow of emails over the transom here at Storyteller Central has slowed a bit now that our summer visitors (sometimes known affectionately as summer complaints) have packed up and gone home. But people from away are still sending emails, mostly in hopes of getting an answer to one question or another. For example, Peter […]
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UP THE ROAD A PIECE – Seasonal math doesn't add up
The flow of emails over the transom here at Storyteller Central has slowed a bit now that our summer visitors (sometimes known affectionately as summer complaints) have packed up and gone home. But people from away are still sending emails, mostly in hopes of getting an answer to one question or another. For example, Peter […]
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CURRENT calendar – 9/21
Wednesday, Sept. 21 Book signing and talk with local authors Jane Honeck and Amy Wood, 7 p.m., Nonesuch Books & Cards, 50 Market St., South Portland. Fort Williams Advisory Commission public forum, 7:30 p.m., at Cape Elizabeth Town Hall. Thursday, Sept. 22 Boy Scout signups, 6-8 p.m., First Congregational Church, 167 Black Point Road, Scarborough. […]
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CURRENT calendar – 9/21
Wednesday, Sept. 21 Book signing and talk with local authors Jane Honeck and Amy Wood, 7 p.m., Nonesuch Books & Cards, 50 Market St., South Portland. Fort Williams Advisory Commission public forum, 7:30 p.m., at Cape Elizabeth Town Hall. Thursday, Sept. 22 Boy Scout signups, 6-8 p.m., First Congregational Church, 167 Black Point Road, Scarborough. […]
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CURRENT calendar – 9/21
Wednesday, Sept. 21 Book signing and talk with local authors Jane Honeck and Amy Wood, 7 p.m., Nonesuch Books & Cards, 50 Market St., South Portland. Fort Williams Advisory Commission public forum, 7:30 p.m., at Cape Elizabeth Town Hall. Thursday, Sept. 22 Boy Scout signups, 6-8 p.m., First Congregational Church, 167 Black Point Road, Scarborough. […]
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Assault on surfer ends tense summer at Higgins Beach
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Town Council will soon revisit the ongoing issues with parking at Higgins Beach, where a late-summer assault highlighted tensions between residents and beachgoers. Town Manager Tom Hall said Friday the council will gather in a special session, possibly as early as Sept. 28, to review public reaction to parking changes put […]
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Design standards adopted for South Portland's Willard Square
SOUTH PORTLAND – After months of wrangling, the South Portland City Council adopted new zoning rules for the 12-lot Willard Square neighborhood Monday night, but not without discord and “great disappointment.” As the meeting progressed, it became clear that a 4-3 rift had formed on the board, which would have killed the zoning update in […]