This week, Lucius Flatley, urbane connoisseur of things clever and insightful, introduced Proust’s Questionnaire to the coffee-shop seminar. He informed the group that this questionnaire was originally a 19th-century parlor game invented by Antoinette Faure, daughter of the president of France, and consists of a series of personal questions asked of prominent people, to which […]
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Down the road a piece: Disputes that dot Maine history
Jeff from Scarborough e-mails: “OK, John so I’m not from Maine. I’m a flatlandah, and don’t know a lot about Maine history, but from what I have learned it sounds like you Mainers can’t get along with your neighbors. Over the past year or so I’ve been reading Maine history and have learned about the […]
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On the right track:The bonds that untie
I am really mortified (that’s scared witless) that so many Mainers and welfare recipients from other states who moved to Maine truly believe that bonds issued by the state of Maine are, in fact, free government money. What amazes me even more is that some believe that bonds issued by any government agency are really […]
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South Portland budget proposal calls for tax hike
SOUTH PORTLAND–Spending is down by almost $1.9 million in the proposed new South Portland $67 million city budget, but taxes would increase by 1.26 percent. That’s because the city and the schools will receive less in revenue while grappling with higher expenses in the new fiscal year. City Manager James Gailey handed the proposed 2010-2011 […]
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South Portland budget proposal calls for tax hike
SOUTH PORTLAND–Spending is down by almost $1.9 million in the proposed new South Portland $67 million city budget, but taxes would increase by 1.26 percent. That’s because the city and the schools will receive less in revenue while grappling with higher expenses in the new fiscal year. City Manager James Gailey handed the proposed 2010-2011 […]
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Remembering Eve Cimmet: ‘The world would be a better place if there were more like her’
SCARBOROUGH–Eve Cimmet’s outlook on life was so positive that even cancer couldn’t shake it, according to her husband, Joe. Cimmet, 64, of Scarborough, well known for her involvement in community theater, Congregation Bet Ha’am, and a multitude of other civic endeavors, had been fighting ovarian cancer for more than two years, and her health was […]
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Remembering Eve Cimmet: ‘The world would be a better place if there were more like her’
SCARBOROUGH–Eve Cimmet’s outlook on life was so positive that even cancer couldn’t shake it, according to her husband, Joe. Cimmet, 64, of Scarborough, well known for her involvement in community theater, Congregation Bet Ha’am, and a multitude of other civic endeavors, had been fighting ovarian cancer for more than two years, and her health was […]
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Scarborough to hold meeting regarding vernal pools
SCARBOROUGH–Spring is on the way – which means it’s time for Scarborough to again conduct surveys of its vernal pools. Vernal pools are temporary or permanent bodies of water that are the primary breeding habitat for amphibians such as wood frogs and blue-spotted salamanders. The frogs and salamanders in the pools provide food for birds […]
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Crescent Beach park lease extended
CAPE ELIZABETH–The state will continue to lease the private land that comprises about 40 percent of Crescent Beach State Park for another year, while talks with the land’s owner continue. That news about the picturesque state park in Cape Elizabeth comes just weeks before the April 24 expiration date of a 50-year lease that grants […]
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New Veterans bridge design will honor veterans
SOUTH PORTLAND–It is called the Veterans Memorial Bridge, but the 56-year-old span connecting South Portland and Portland never lived up to its name, according to the team designing a new bridge to replace the old one. “It really had no relation to veterans or a memorial or whatever,” said Mark Johnson, a landscape architect at […]