Tuesday, Nov. 23 Scarborough Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service, 7 p.m., St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, 350 Route 1, Scarborough. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Scarborough Food Pantry. If you prefer, you may make a cash donation to be given to Florence House in Portland, which provides safe, supported, permanent housing to chronically homeless women. […]
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Town approves new policy for land sales
SCARBOROUGH – The town of Scarborough now has a policy to oversee how it disposes of town-owned land it no longer wants or needs. Last week, the newly seated Scarborough Town Council approved a policy that gives municipal departments a say in how town-owned property is sold or traded. According to the policy, before the […]
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CMP, foes of smart meters to face off at public hearing
SCARBOROUGH – Central Maine Power calls them the technology of the future that will help consumers better manage electricity and help the environment. Others call them an unnecessary health risk. On Monday, Nov. 29, the two groups will come together to talk about the so-called “smart meters” at a public meeting at 7 p.m. at […]
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CMP, foes of smart meters to face off at public hearing
SCARBOROUGH – Central Maine Power calls them the technology of the future that will help consumers better manage electricity and help the environment. Others call them an unnecessary health risk. On Monday, Nov. 29, the two groups will come together to talk about the so-called “smart meters” at a public meeting at 7 p.m. at […]
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Driving at a goal
Horse-and-carriage hobby a challenge for Cape woman, 82 CAPE ELIZABETH – A horse and carriage is not a common sight these days. Unless you live around Mary Lou Sprague, that is. A lifelong horse lover and owner of Cape Elizabeth’s Spurwink Farm, Sprague, 82, has challenged herself to drive 700 miles during 2010 with her […]
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Representing a region
With two-thirds of their roster hailing from cities other than Portland, Cheverus football will truly symbolize the West on Saturday. PORTLAND – Chances are, unless you’re a big fan of the Cheverus Stags, your football team is out of contention at this point. We know what you’re thinking: so what if Cheverus is playing Bangor […]
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A Voice from Cape – Pay-per-bag decision was democracy in action
At its November meeting, Cape’s Town Council voted against pursuing a plan to charge residents for each bag of trash disposed of at the transfer station. Town officials had put forth the pay-per-bag (sometimes called pay-per-throw) proposal partially as a means to recoup a portion of the town’s payments to ecomaine for waste management, and […]
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EDITORIAL – Cities should make creative reuse of buildings
With the $41.5 million South Portland High School renovation now approved by voters, officials there will likely soon address the city’s remaining building needs. A new or renovated City Hall has been proposed, as has a new public works building. The main library needs work, and the future of the two middle schools, Memorial and […]
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Quinn's Corner – Right, wrong and other big questions
We constantly debate the role of religion in society. Can we envision a world without God? Would such a world be good? If there is no God, then who determines what is right or wrong? The current battle between biology and fundamentalist Christianity is not based on evidence. One has to be blind to doubt […]
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Scarborough zone change riles neighbors
SCARBOROUGH – When Harvey Rosenfeld, executive director of the Scarborough Economic Development Corp., looks at a 6-acre parcel of state-owned land near Route 1, he sees a property suitable for commercial development. But residents of nearby Elmwood Avenue see the land another way: as a much-needed buffer between their neighborhood and the bustling intersection of […]