SCARBOROUGH – A mother’s love, the constant attention of medical professionals and now the support of the Scarborough community are all helping 6-year-old Kyle St. Clair fight debilitating medical problems. Kyle, a kindergarten student at Blue Point School in Scarborough, has been fighting for his life for all of his six years. Born premature, Kyle […]
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'Miles for Kyle' to aid ailing Scarborough boy
SCARBOROUGH – A mother’s love, the constant attention of medical professionals and now the support of the Scarborough community are all helping 6-year-old Kyle St. Clair fight debilitating medical problems. Kyle, a kindergarten student at Blue Point School in Scarborough, has been fighting for his life for all of his six years. Born premature, Kyle […]
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National wings chain flies into South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND – There is no shortage of choices for diners looking for a meal out along Gorham Road near the Maine Mall. There are fast food joints, steakhouses, seafood places, ethnic restaurants and microbreweries, all in a one-mile stretch from Maine Mall Road to Westbrook Avenue. But South Portland resident Jeff Applegate is hoping […]
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EDITORIAL – Another gas price spike calls for renewed look at transportation priorities
It’s starting to feel a lot like summer. Of 2008, that is. That was when gas prices last jumped north of $4 per gallon. Prices spiked at around $4.18 per gallon in July, and the impact was seen everywhere, from a drop in traveling and tourism to a rise in the cost of food. The […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE – Keeping journalists on their toes
Newspapers like the one you’re reading right now have been around for a long time. We’ve had newspapers in Maine from the early 1700s on. In those early days, Maine produced journalistic legends like Seba Smith and Charles Farrar Browne, who honed their “media” skills at a time when honing was something people mostly did […]
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GUEST COLUMN – Freedom to organize and work, By Gov. Paul LePage
The budget debate in Wisconsin has garnered national attention for the rhetoric, rallies and tactics employed by opponents of work place reform. It has gotten ugly in Wisconsin and it looks like the spectacle is headed here. I support anyone’s right to rally and advocate for their positions. We are all Americans and, thanks to […]
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South Portland police log – 3/3
Arrests Feb. 13 Michael James Belanger, 28, of Savannah, Ga., on Maine Mall Road on an outstanding warrant. Sven E. Laamann, 28, of Topsham, on Maine Mall Road on a charge of criminal trespass. Joseph James Roderick, 23, of Raymond, on County Way on a charge of aggravated criminal mischief. Eugene Paolino, 41, of Westbrook, […]
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Hockey: Tigers quell Red Riots
BIDDEFORD – Some eyebrows were raised after the first period of the Class A quarterfinal matchup between No. 1 Biddeford and No. 8 South Portland at the Biddeford Arena Tuesday night. In a game that many expected the Tigers to win handily, the Riots (6-11-2) had played Biddeford to a 0-0 tie after the first […]
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Hockey : Trojans blank Red Storm
BIDDEFORD – At 9-10 the Scarborough hockey team is a good, young, up-and-coming team in the West. In a few years, the experience they’ve gained could pay off in a deep playoff run. They just aren’t quite there yet, as was shown on Tuesday night as the Thornton Academy Trojans ran them out of the […]
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