SCARBOROUGH – The Seacoast Country Music Festival is still months away, but that hasn’t stopped local businesses from gearing up for the event, which will bring, among others, country music star Brad Paisley to Scarborough Downs July 17. Promoters, who announced the festival earlier this month, expect it to bring around 15,000 to the venue, […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Post-announcement, some surprising fallout
In a recent, well-attended press conference, the congressional Republican leadership offered a revolutionary plan: They propose to abandon the war on drugs. They said this plan will guarantee the right to bear arms, prevent any kind of abortion whatsoever, provide a full tax exemption for people making over $500,000 a year and outlaw same-sex marriages […]
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BAIL SYSTEM, PART 2: Information often lacking when bail set
In December 2010, police in Cumberland County tried to stop a speeder. He led them on a chase and ended up crashing on an I-95 exit ramp. The local bail commissioner was told the charges were driving at a criminal speed and operating with a suspended license. He set the bail at $300. When the […]
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Some jobs restored in Scarborough school budget
SCARBOROUGH – A number of teaching positions have been added back in to the Scarborough school budget as the Board of Education prepares to hand the spending plan over to the Town Council. Following in the footsteps of the board’s Finance Committee, which restored more than $250,000 in the budget by reinstating a substance abuse […]
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Cape School Board approves $21.12M budget
CAPE ELIZABETH – The Cape Elizabeth School District workforce could remain largely untouched in upcoming school year, thanks to the $21.12 million budget unanimously approved last week by the Cape Elizabeth School Board with little fanfare. The board’s recommended budget will be presented to the Town Council’s Finance Committee on Wednesday, April 6, at 7:30 […]
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Current Calendar – 3/31
Thursday, March 31 Free tax preparation, Scarborough Public Library, 4-8 p.m. This is an appointment-only site. Call 883-4723 to make an appointment. Scarborough’s Gym Dandies, 30th anniversary community performance, 6:30 p.m., Scarborough High School Alumni Gymnasium. FMI, call 654-3740. Friday, April 1 “Beauty and the Beast,” presented by Scarborough Middle School, at 6 p.m., at […]
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A ‘Dandy’ three decades
SCARBOROUGH – Thirty years is a long time. The world of 1981 was a very different place. Nobody had even dreamed of the Internet. There were no cell phones, and no laptops and the big world threat came from a country no longer on the map, the Soviet Union. So, thankfully, Scarborough’s Jon Cahill has […]
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A ‘Dandy’ three decades
SCARBOROUGH – Thirty years is a long time. The world of 1981 was a very different place. Nobody had even dreamed of the Internet. There were no cell phones, and no laptops and the big world threat came from a country no longer on the map, the Soviet Union. So, thankfully, Scarborough’s Jon Cahill has […]
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Bliss resignation puts Senate seat up for grabs
SOUTH PORTLAND – When state Sen. Larry Bliss, D-South Portland, steps down from his position next month to take a job out of state, Maine Democrats are hoping their party can retain the seat, while Republicans are hoping to add the seat to the party’s list of positions taken away from Democratic control from the […]
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Bliss resignation puts Senate seat up for grabs
SOUTH PORTLAND – When state Sen. Larry Bliss, D-South Portland, steps down from his position next month to take a job out of state, Maine Democrats are hoping their party can retain the seat, while Republicans are hoping to add the seat to the party’s list of positions taken away from Democratic control from the […]