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 […]
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Elevating their game
What life is like for high school athletes who make it to the next level. It is the universal whimsy. For every kid who picks up a bat, a ball, a stick, a racket, or the myriad other tools of the sports trade, there is at least one moment of fantasy; one thought – idle […]
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City police add second license plate recognition system
SOUTH PORTLAND – South Portland police are expanding the use of the automated license plate recognition technology that raised privacy concerns when first implemented earlier this year. Through a partnership with the city of Portland and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, South Portland has been awarded $28,540 in funding from the 2010 Edward Byrne Memorial […]
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Down the road a piece
Remember grocery shopping? You’d drive to the store, go in, grab a cart, go up and down the aisles getting what you needed, get in the checkout line, read the salacious headlines on the tabloids as your order was being totaled and bagged, pay, leave and go home. So what’s happened? The other day I […]
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Down the road a piece
Remember grocery shopping? You’d drive to the store, go in, grab a cart, go up and down the aisles getting what you needed, get in the checkout line, read the salacious headlines on the tabloids as your order was being totaled and bagged, pay, leave and go home. So what’s happened? The other day I […]
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Godin, Gailey get contract extensions, raises
SOUTH PORTLAND – The top administrators in the South Portland municipal government and school department, have been signed to new contracts. Last week, the Board of Education granted Superintendent Suzanne Godin a new contract that will increase her annual salary from $112,000 to $115,360, a 3 percent raise. Godin’s contract, which would have expired at […]
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Fresh, live – and local
CAPE ELIZABETH – Jay Cox is obsessed with Christmas. He thinks about it all year – on dark, dreary days in February, during rainy days in May, in the dog days of summer. Now, after years of planning, his Christmas passion has finally led to a dream fulfilled. Cox this month opened The Old Farm […]
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Fresh, live – and local
CAPE ELIZABETH – Jay Cox is obsessed with Christmas. He thinks about it all year – on dark, dreary days in February, during rainy days in May, in the dog days of summer. Now, after years of planning, his Christmas passion has finally led to a dream fulfilled. Cox this month opened The Old Farm […]
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Civic center trustees approve $28M renovation, bash Snyder plan
PORTLAND – The Board of Trustees of the Cumberland County Civic Center unanimously voted in support of a $28 million renovation plan Wednesday morning. Residents will have to support the $28 million renovation plan by voting on a referendum question next year. The board also discussed doing the project in phases, with the board having […]
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Bliss remains winner following recount
AUGUSTA – South Portland Democrat Larry Bliss has been named the winner of the Senate District 7 seat following a recount Friday in his race against Republican challenger Joe Palmieri, according to a press release from the Secretary of State’s Office. Bliss, the incumbent, was named the winner by a count of 9,172 to 9,097. […]