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Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Sports, Southern Forecaster
Happy Birthday Maine state park system!
The 75th anniversary celebration starts today in Presque Isle at Maine’s first state park.
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A Voice from Cape – What is Cape Elizabeth afraid of?
In the 1980s, using the slogan “What’s the Doughboy afraid of?” two Vermont guys successfully battled Pillsbury, maker of Ha?agen-Dazs, for the right to distribute their ice cream in Boston. Pillsbury allegedly had threatened to pull Ha?agen-Dazs from stores if they also carried Ben and Jerry’s. The Cape Elizabeth town manager’s recent suspension of publication […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current
Quinn's Corner – An alphabet soup of maladies
If left unchecked, every organization multiplies and expands. Always. This phenomenon is criticized as a characteristic of government, but is also typical of professions that enjoy the privilege of establishing their own standards and membership. Prominent among them is the American Psychiatric Association. From only a dozen forms of serious mental incapacity a century ago, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Down the road a piece – Lawmakers allemand left (and right)
The other day I was talking with a friend who used to cover the Legislature for a northern Maine newspaper. He used to say he often wanted to cover it with a heavy tarp. Anyway, I said something about the number of crazy bills that drift out of the Legislature at this time of year, […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Deep cuts possible in Scarborough school budget
SCARBOROUGH – School Superintendent David Doyle has presented the Scarborough Board of Education with a choice of three proposals for the new school budget – all reflecting the dismal fiscal reality facing town schools because of cuts in state aid in the economic recession. The options include one proposal that would increase the current $35 […]
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Scarborough principal loses job
Scarborough High School Principal Patricia Conant has been asked to leave when her contract expires on June 30. Conant, who is in her fourth year as head of the school of nearly 1,100 students, said School Superintendent David Doyle told her last week that her contract won’t be renewed. “I was told by Superintendent Doyle […]
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Scarborough principal loses job
Scarborough High School Principal Patricia Conant has been asked to leave when her contract expires on June 30. Conant, who is in her fourth year as head of the school of nearly 1,100 students, said School Superintendent David Doyle told her last week that her contract won’t be renewed. “I was told by Superintendent Doyle […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current
Boys basketball playoffs: Blazes edge Riots in OT
The No. 2 Westbrook Blue Blazes and the No. 3 South Portland Red Riots hooked up in a classic matchup in the Class A boys semifinals at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Wednesday night. Both teams traded leads throughout the game, and it seemed fitting that it took a four-minute overtime period to finally […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current
Boys basketball playoffs: Blazes edge Riots in OT
The No. 2 Westbrook Blue Blazes and the No. 3 South Portland Red Riots hooked up in a classic matchup in the Class A boys semifinals at the Cumberland County Civic Center on Wednesday night. Both teams traded leads throughout the game, and it seemed fitting that it took a four-minute overtime period to finally […]