SCARBOROUGH – As the field beneath them baked under a blazing midday sun, the Scarborough girls soccer team made short work of Cape Elizabeth, pounding the Capers 7-0 in the Greely Invitational in Cumberland on Saturday, the Storm’s last preseason game before hosting Massabesic on Sept. 3. Beginning with the Mustangs, the Red Storm will […]
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Exhibition win ‘special’ for Red Storm coach
SCARBOROUGH – Exhibition games don’t count, first-year Scarborough High School football head coach Lance Johnson knows that. And after beating Portland 28-20 last Friday in a final exhibition game before the regular season starts this week, Johnson was quick to say that the preseason win doesn’t matter all that much in the grand scheme of […]
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Exhibition win ‘special’ for Red Storm coach
SCARBOROUGH – Exhibition games don’t count, first-year Scarborough High School football head coach Lance Johnson knows that. And after beating Portland 28-20 last Friday in a final exhibition game before the regular season starts this week, Johnson was quick to say that the preseason win doesn’t matter all that much in the grand scheme of […]
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State asking students for Social Security numbers
A new law that calls for the collection of Social Security numbers of Maine public school students as a way to track student progress and evaluate educational offerings has both educators and parents concerned about potential security risks. Parents in Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland will soon be getting letters regarding the state law, […]
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Local school districts to get federal funds
Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland are among the Maine school districts in line for hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding designed to restore jobs lost due to cuts in aid to education. Local school districts could be in line for hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding designed to restore jobs […]
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State pension: Future has arrived for $4B debt
How does a state of only 1.3 million people end up $4.4 billion behind in its payments for just one state program? Editor’s note: This is the second part in a multi-part series to be published between now and November about the state’s debt to teachers and state employees for their pensions and retiree health […]
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State pension: Future has arrived for $4B debt
How does a state of only 1.3 million people end up $4.4 billion behind in its payments for just one state program? Editor’s note: This is the second part in a multi-part series to be published between now and November about the state’s debt to teachers and state employees for their pensions and retiree health […]
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Human billboard shakes it up
SCARBOROUGH – It is hard to find a job that is more rockin’ than Jason Gredlics’ current position with Little Caesars Pizza in Scarborough. While people may not recognize Gredlics’ name, those who have passed by along Gallery Boulevard on the way to nearby stores such as Wal-Mart or Marden’s, almost certainly have seen the […]
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Darkness and bite: Resurgent bedbugs cozy up to Maine
PORTLAND — Deirdre Strout was about to inspect an apartment for bedbugs Monday afternoon when a woman who was passing by saw Strout’s Atlantic Pest Solutions van, stopped the car and jumped out. The woman, bags under her eyes from lack of sleep, pleaded with Strout to help her get rid of her own bedbug […]
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Clemens pleads not guiltyto charges of lying about steroids
WASHINGTON — Seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of lying to Congress about whether he used steroids or human growth hormone. When asked for a plea by U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, the retired Major League Baseball pitcher said in a clear voice: “Not guilty, your honor.” Wearing a […]