SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland Board of Education voted unanimously on Monday to recommend that the City Council send the proposal to renovate and expand South Portland High School out to voters this fall. Board members said they want the city to move quickly on the project because construction costs appear to be climbing […]
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Q&A – Funeral director talks about his job, and his famous actor grandfather
Jonathan James Cagney was just a boy when his father died. The experience made him want to help others who have suffered the loss of a loved one. Today, Cagney is doing that as a licensed funeral director. He recently joined the staff of Hobbs Funeral Home, located in South Portland and Scarborough. Cagney, 31, […]
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Bug Light Park to host kite festival Saturday
SOUTH PORTLAND – Bug Light Park is known for its sweeping views of Portland Harbor, the unique little 135-year-old lighthouse that gives the park its name, and the fact that it was once the site of a historic World War II shipyard. But now the relatively new South Portland city park — it became a […]
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Communities mourn student's death
SCARBOROUGH – Black is the traditional color worn when someone dies. But this Friday, in honor of Scarborough High School senior Steven Delano, students will wear clothing patterned with mottled green and brown colors to school, as well as flannel shirts in plaid and other colors. The students mean no disrespect. Instead, the senior class […]
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Sea Dogs pitch in to help a pitcher
Stephen Fife benefits from solid support to stymie Binghamton, and Portland picks up a 7-2 victory.
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Fleming: Cottontails need some help to avoid federal endangered list
Despite tough economic times, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is continuing its save-the-bunny campaign. There is a full-on push to bring the cottontail rabbit back in northern New England. The rabbit is on the endangered species list in both Maine and New Hampshire, but not the federal list. And it won’t be if the […]
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EDITORIAL – Time to end unnecessary budget votes
During the next few weeks, residents across the state will vote to approve or deny local school budgets. This year, they also will decide whether to continue having these so-called school budget validation votes. Created as part of the 2007 school consolidation law, the budget validation votes were billed as a way to allow more […]
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Down the road a piece – No news not always good news
There was a well-to-do farmer, Murray Seavy, who lived in the Kennebec River Valley. Murray had extensive land holdings, lots of livestock and at the height of planting and harvest seasons he’d have several dozen employees working at his substantial farm. When he visited his doctor one October morning for a routine checkup, the doctor, […]
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Ballet school gives depth to Flat Stanley
Can a flat boy dance? Well, the flat boy in question here is Stanley Lambchop, star of the “Flat Stanley” children’s book series that dates back to 1964. We know he can move, since he uses his flatness to mail himself to exotic locales around the globe. But the question remains, can he dance? Portland […]
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'Different type of horticulture'
In new state-of-the-art greenhouses in Scarborough, the Morrison Center uses its annual plant sale ?to help disabled adults. SCARBOROUGH – Scott Parker enjoys taking part in the Morrison Developmental Center’s Seedling Program, where adults with developmental disabilities grow plants in greenhouses and sell them to the community. “I like working with plants,” Parker, 36, said […]