SCARBOROUGH – A decision on a plan for a new parking lot near Scarborough Beach has been postponed after neighbors came out in force against the proposal at a public hearing on Monday. Following a four-and-a-half-hour meeting in front of the Scarborough Zoning Board of Appeals, at which a dozen residents spoke in opposition to […]
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Street light sought for Broadway intersection
SOUTH PORTLAND – Accidents are becoming more of a problem at the intersection of Sokokis Street and Broadway, and residents of the area are hoping a traffic signal is the answer. But first, South Portland officials must convince the Maine Department of Transportation that a light is needed at the site. They have sent the […]
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Scarborough police log – 2/3
Arrests Jan. 26 Joshua J. Prokey, 29, of Portland, on Route 1 on an outstanding warrant (arrest warrant of another agency). Jason Z. Boislard, 37, of Biddeford, at Payne Road and Roundwood Drive on charges of operating a motor vehicle when license is suspended or revoked (non-OUI suspension, 2nd+ offense). Jan. 27 Kevin Clyde Behre, […]
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Now comes the test for Higgins Beach parking plan
SCARBOROUGH – After hours of meetings over several months, hostile public input and a series of amendments, Scarborough finally has implemented new parking rules for Higgins Beach. The true test of their effectiveness, however, will likely come in the summer. The new parking rules, approved by the Town Council Jan. 19, permit a 90-foot, 5-minute […]
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Now comes the test for Higgins Beach parking plan
SCARBOROUGH – After hours of meetings over several months, hostile public input and a series of amendments, Scarborough finally has implemented new parking rules for Higgins Beach. The true test of their effectiveness, however, will likely come in the summer. The new parking rules, approved by the Town Council Jan. 19, permit a 90-foot, 5-minute […]
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Need for affordable housing grows in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough has taken the first steps toward eventual construction of affordable housing on a piece of town-owned property east of the Maine Turnpike on Broadturn Road. The town and the Scarborough Housing Alliance are working to secure a $10,000 Community Development Block Grant to examine what is possible on the 20-acre site, which […]
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Need for affordable housing grows in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough has taken the first steps toward eventual construction of affordable housing on a piece of town-owned property east of the Maine Turnpike on Broadturn Road. The town and the Scarborough Housing Alliance are working to secure a $10,000 Community Development Block Grant to examine what is possible on the 20-acre site, which […]
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QUINN'S CORNER – Bottomless pit, then and now
At the coffee shop seminar this week, the well-known historian, Lucius Flatley, offered some comparisons of the current American involvement in Afghanistan with previous attempts by other world powers to make a silk purse of a sow’s ear. For good measure, he contrasted that bottomless pit with the quicksand of Vietnam. Located adjacent to Pakistan, […]
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South Portland police log – 1/27
Arrests Jan. 7 Natasha Dionisio, 20, of South Portland, on Main Street on an outstanding warrant. Jan. 8 Alan Bruce Colvin, 30, of South Portland, on West Wainwright Circle on charges of domestic violence assault, obstructing report of a crime and criminal mischief. Jan. 9 William Meservey, 48, of South Portland, on Sawyer Street on […]
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South Portland police log – 1/27
Arrests Jan. 7 Natasha Dionisio, 20, of South Portland, on Main Street on an outstanding warrant. Jan. 8 Alan Bruce Colvin, 30, of South Portland, on West Wainwright Circle on charges of domestic violence assault, obstructing report of a crime and criminal mischief. Jan. 9 William Meservey, 48, of South Portland, on Sawyer Street on […]