SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland municipal budget proposal, which was handed for the first time Monday to the City Council, calls for a 2.5 percent increase in the property tax rate. The $28.01 million budget includes $843,633 more in spending than the current year, and would add 12 cents per $1,000 of property value […]
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Most who set bail in Maine are lacking legal training
AUGUSTA – If you are arrested in Maine, everyone you deal with – with one exception – will be a professional. The police officer who arrested you is certified and has at least 100 hours of training. The prosecuting attorney, your own attorney and the judge all went to law school and passed the rigorous […]
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Cape native expected to be named Scarborough superintendent
CAPE ELIZABETH – After a four-month search, the Scarborough Board of Education has chosen Dr. George Entwistle III to take over as superintendent of schools beginning on July 1. The board was expected to vote to hire Entwistle at its March 17 meeting. Entwistle, a Cape Elizabeth native, is currently superintendent of the Belmont Public […]
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MY SIDE OF SOPO – City Council should reject free health care
In January it was the 50-year anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration address, which included the often-quoted call to service: “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” I was only seven years old at the time, so public service was really not a […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Latest salvos in anti-union war
Public employee unions have been much in the news lately, but regardless of where one’s sympathy lies, the fault is not all on one side. There is plenty of blame for everyone. Unions have at times been grasping; legislators have at times whored for votes. The election cycle encourages irresponsibility. Unlike a factory strike, neither […]
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South Portland police log – 3/16
Arrests Feb. 26 Nichole M. Cousins, 26, of South Portland, on Broadway on charges of operating under the influence and operating after suspension. Jason Marineau, 30, of South Portland, on Highland Avenue on charges of criminal trespass and violating condition of release. Joshua Christopher Silva, 20, not listed, on Maine Mall Road on a charge […]
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A view of an artist
SCARBOROUGH – Portland Museum of Art’s long-awaited dream of restoring Winslow Homer’s home and art studio on Prouts Neck is coming closer to a reality as the days pass. While there is still a lot of work to be done, Tom Denenberg, chief curator at the museum, said contractors for the project have started to […]
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Without tax increase, city schools would lose 21 jobs
SOUTH PORTLAND – A school budget that would avoid any tax increase in South Portland would cut 21 positions, including 2.5 teachers, Superintendent Suzanne Godin told the Board of Education Monday. The zero-increase budget scenario also includes fees for high school and middle school activities. Godin presented the Board of Education with three budget scenarios: […]
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Mourners remember young Cape woman
CAPE ELIZABETH – A young Cape Elizabeth woman described by friends as outgoing and energetic is being mourned this week after her death Friday in a car crash. Alicia Robinson, a 21-year-old graduate of Cape Elizabeth High School, was traveling on Gorham Road in Scarborough in a 2002 Toyota Camry just after 11 p.m. on […]
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Scarborough High builds dynasty in Academic Decathlon
SCARBOROUGH – When the members of Scarborough High School’s Academic Decathlon sat for the tests at the state championships earlier this month, they were competing not only to beat the other schools, but to hold up a legacy as well. Looming over the students was the history of the Scarborough team, which had won an […]