SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council on Monday postponed the final adoption of next year’s budget after it was learned that school spending may have been incorrectly listed on the ballots for last week’s referendum. After conferring with attorneys Tuesday, City Manager Jim Gailey said city and school officials feel the spending, related […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Sour note for the sugar industry
At the coffee shop, Lucius Flatley announced this week’s topic as sugar – the kind you eat or imbibe, not “the kind to whom you offer rides on a rainy night.” He defined sugar as either sucrose – refined beet and cane sugar – or high fructose – corn syrup. His interest was triggered by […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Chuckles from the break room
In my town there was a large wood products company where hundreds of people worked. Whenever a new worker arrived on the scene, the older workers liked to tell the story of how the company president got his job. He was a young guy who went off to the university and got himself a good […]
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South Portland police log – 5/19
Arrests Saturday, April 30 Alexander Gibson, 19, of Augusta, on Broadway at 5:07 p.m. on a warrant. Eric J. Selberg, 46, of South Portland, on Broadway at 7:46 p.m. on charges of violating conditions of bail release and probation violation. Sharon Fleming, 29, of South Portland, on Ocean Street at 10:41 p.m. on a charge […]
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South Portland police log – 5/19
Arrests Saturday, April 30 Alexander Gibson, 19, of Augusta, on Broadway at 5:07 p.m. on a warrant. Eric J. Selberg, 46, of South Portland, on Broadway at 7:46 p.m. on charges of violating conditions of bail release and probation violation. Sharon Fleming, 29, of South Portland, on Ocean Street at 10:41 p.m. on a charge […]
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Q&A with Slim Lee, South Portland Boys and Girls Club
SOUTH PORTLAND – John “Slim” Lee, 66, will retire June 1 after 37 years as unit director of the South Portland Boys & Girls Club, having logged, in total, 44 years in service to the community agency. At Monday’s City Council meeting, he was recognized for his long years of dedication to local youth by […]
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Forum set on Cape's open space plan
CAPE ELIZABETH – Cape Elizabeth officials are set to unveil a management plan for 923 acres of town-owned open space, along with more than 16 miles of public trails. An Open Space and Greenbelt Management Plan will be presented before a public forum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, at Town Council chambers. “For […]
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Leaving no Marine alone
CAPE ELIZABETH – A Cape man is biking 4,000 miles to raise money for a charity that helps families and Marines celebrate boot camp graduation together. CAPE ELIZABETH – A milkshake. That, says Daniel Buckley, is what every Marine craves most the moment he graduates from boot camp. Now a semi-retired Internet technologist, Buckley, a […]
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EDITORIAL – Restore MPBN funding
Some of the more conspiratorial critics of Gov. Paul LePage’s sudden proposal to cut the entirety of state spending for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network argue the move is payback for a series of high-profile run-ins LePage had with MPBN reporters during last year’s campaign. It is more likely, however, that the reasons behind the […]
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EDITORIAL – Restore MPBN funding
Some of the more conspiratorial critics of Gov. Paul LePage’s sudden proposal to cut the entirety of state spending for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network argue the move is payback for a series of high-profile run-ins LePage had with MPBN reporters during last year’s campaign. It is more likely, however, that the reasons behind the […]