CAPE ELIZABETH – Wanting to see Maine’s renowned rocky coastline, the Hinkle family from New Jersey was enjoying the “awe-inspiring” view at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth Tuesday morning. Down the road at Scarborough Beach State Park, the Campbell family, including 2-year-old twins Lilly and Sadie and 4-year-old Molly, were enjoying the sand […]
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State parks celebrate 75 years
CAPE ELIZABETH – Wanting to see Maine’s renowned rocky coastline, the Hinkle family from New Jersey was enjoying the “awe-inspiring” view at Two Lights State Park in Cape Elizabeth Tuesday morning. Down the road at Scarborough Beach State Park, the Campbell family, including 2-year-old twins Lilly and Sadie and 4-year-old Molly, were enjoying the sand […]
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Council orders review of SPHS project
With the 2007 drubbing in mind, ?South Portland seeks assurances before the $47.3M high school project goes to fall vote. SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council will commission an independent review of a $47.3 million high school renovation proposal before deciding whether to place that plan on the November ballot. “We are just […]
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Down the road a piece – Four seasons in Maine? Um, maybe.
The flow of e-mails continues unabated here at Storyteller Central. Peter from Virginia writes: “John, we’ve been staying a few weeks in a nice cottage on the grounds of a resort on the coast. We first want you to know how much we enjoyed reading your column in the local paper. After reading a few […]
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Quinn's Corner – Swan song for the inheritance tax
Psychologists tell us the typical human brain cannot truly comprehend the figure 1 million; it is conceived only as a symbol, an abstraction. So when news reports advise us that Alex Rodriquez (known widely as A-Rod) of the New York Yankees has just combined his apartment with the one adjacent to make his abode worth […]
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Maine crowd protests offshore drilling
Protesters gathered at East End Beach in Portland at noon Saturday and joined hands as part of a national Hands Across the Sand day of action.
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Somerset County sheriff threatens to close part of jail
Without payment from the state, the minimum and medium security unit will be closed.
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EDITORIAL – For 75 years, state park system a valued resource
With not yet a week gone in the young summer, Maine is experiencing a welcome reversal from the awful weather of a year ago, when a rain-soaked spring was followed by a summer that never seemed to let in the sun. After a warmer-than-usual spring, the summer of 2010 opened this week under hot and […]
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A Voice from Cape – What's next for Fort Williams?
Now that 67 percent of Cape voters have again rejected passenger vehicle parking fees at Fort Williams, how will town officials develop a plan to meet the long-term needs of the Fort? I’m hoping they don’t again make the mistake of disregarding the ideas, and the feelings, of the many Cape residents who love the […]
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School board restores teaching positions
SCARBOROUGH – The Scarborough Board of Education last week restored into the 2010-11 budget just over four classroom positions following the approval by voters on June 8 of an additional $100,000 in spending. In its first meeting since voters approved a roughly $35 million school budget – after rejecting a $34.9 million proposal on May […]