Editor’s note: The following examination of gubernatorial candidate Rosa Scarcelli by the non-profit Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is part of a series examining the claims and records of some of the leading candidates for governor. In an interview on public TV, Rosa Scarcelli, a Democratic candidate for governor, described herself as one of […]
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Air quality study finds problems, and progress
The Los Angeles and Phoenix areas have the most problems; the best air is in Fargo, N.D.
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Survivors testify to tornado system’s power
Only fortuitously placed buffers and a lot of luck kept them alive in Saturday’s deadly storm.
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EDITORIAL – Credit Gendron for changes, but much work remains
Susan Gendron’s tenure as commissioner of the Maine Department of Education, which ends at the end of the month when she steps down after seven years, was defined by two efforts that tried to change the way education has been structured in our state for decades. She began her job in March 2003, as the […]
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'Guys and Dolls' goes up at Lyric Music Theater
SOUTH PORTLAND – The phones were ringing endlessly at the Lyric Music Theater box office Monday night, as the fully costumed cast of “Guys and Dolls” held one of its last rehearsals. “We’re ready for an audience,” said Denise Knue, who’s co-directing the show with her husband Vince. This is the third Lyric Theater show […]
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Finding the words when a child dies
A Scarborough minister’s website would aid clergy, families facing funerals for young people. When her 17-year-old nephew died of bone cancer two years ago, the Rev. Carol Kerr was asked to give the sermon at his funeral. “I was happy to do it,” said Kerr, pastor of the Blue Point Congregational Church in Scarborough. However, […]
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Selling a share from the sea
Cape Elizabeth farm joins trend of community supported fisheries Community supported agriculture works for lettuce, so why not lobsters? That’s the thinking behind a new initiative by Alewive’s Brook Farm in Cape Elizabeth that gives customers the opportunity to buy lobster “shares” that will support the lobstering side of the business at the family-owned farm. […]
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Better budget news in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH – With $153,000 in unexpected savings from debt payments, the Scarborough Board of Education has restored five of the 34 job cuts in the new school budget. Added back were a foreign language teacher at Wentworth Intermediate School, a Scarborough Middle School health teacher and three part-time library educational technicians in kindergarten through second […]
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City Council backs restoring cuts
SOUTH PORTLAND – There’s been no formal vote as of yet, but at a workshop meeting last week in South Portland, a majority of city councilors informally signaled support for the $37.9 million 2010-2011 school budget. “It looks as though there’s enough votes to support the school budget,” said City Manager James Gailey, speaking the […]
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City Council backs restoring cuts
SOUTH PORTLAND – There’s been no formal vote as of yet, but at a workshop meeting last week in South Portland, a majority of city councilors informally signaled support for the $37.9 million 2010-2011 school budget. “It looks as though there’s enough votes to support the school budget,” said City Manager James Gailey, speaking the […]