SCARBOROUGH – Started in 1997 as a celebration of the installation of lights at Clifford Mitchell Sports Complex, Scarborough Community Services’ Summerfest has, over the years, become the town’s unofficial summer farewell before the school year begins and summer vacation ends. This year’s festival is set to take place Friday, Aug. 20, from 4 to […]
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SOUTH PORTLAND – Fans are sad to see building razed, but looking forward to reconstruction. SOUTH PORTLAND – A new chapter in the 58-year history of Red’s Dairy Freeze began this week when, on a rainy Monday morning, the popular Cottage Road ice cream shop was razed – exactly three months after an electrical fire […]
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They're blue over Red's
SOUTH PORTLAND – Fans are sad to see building razed, but looking forward to reconstruction. SOUTH PORTLAND – A new chapter in the 58-year history of Red’s Dairy Freeze began this week when, on a rainy Monday morning, the popular Cottage Road ice cream shop was razed – exactly three months after an electrical fire […]
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U.S. activist returns to prison in Peru
A panel annuls parole for Lori Berenson, who had been imprisoned for revolutionary activity.
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Fact check: Islam already exists at edges of Sept. 11 neighborhood
Muslims worship near the World Trade Center site and at the Pentagon, but critics say plans for a NYC mosque go too far.
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Art and Theater: ‘Marilynscapes’: A celebration of life in art
In her obituary from February 2009, it was said of Marilyn Carr that she could not remember a time in her life when she hadn’t wanted to be an artist. She began drawing as a youngster and painted until weeks before her death after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Evidence of Carr’s interest in […]
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Art and Theater: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET TV star brings Brit wit to ‘Spamalot’ CHARLES SHAUGHNESSY stars as King Arthur in the Ogunquit Playhouse production of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” through Sept. 11. Shaughnessy is best-known for his work on the TV shows “The Nanny,” “Mad Men” and “The Days of Our Lives.” Broadway, film and TV star Rachel York co-stars. […]
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Obama’s disapproval rating hits new high
WASHINGTON — More than half of Americans now disapprove of President Barack Obama’s job performance, new polling found, as the Ground Zero mosque controversy appeared to further erode ratings that the nation’s stagnant economy already had damaged. Gallup’s tracking poll for Saturday through Monday found Obama’s disapproval rating at 51 percent, a new high, the […]
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Iran declines Brazil’s asylum offer in adultery case
A woman’s stoning sentence has been lifted, but she is now charged in her husband’s 2005 killing.
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Photos: Getting ready for fall
After a hot, sunny summer, the Maine high school fall sports season began under cloudy, wet skies Monday. Teams throughout southern Maine took to the fields and gyms, some as early as 6:45 a.m., to prepare for the upcoming season. “It couldn’t have been any better,” said Traip Academy boys’ soccer coach Paul Marquis, of […]