The Red Storm looked solid in 2015, but mighty Thornton Academy was one obstacle they couldn’t overcome. The Trojans gave Scarborough a rough ride in the regular season, back on Oct. 3, then again this past weekend, in Saturday’s semifinal bout, trumping them 35-0. “Thornton is a very talented team and played extremely well,” says […]
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Football: TA tosses Scarborough from playoffs
The Red Storm looked solid in 2015, but mighty Thornton Academy was one obstacle they couldn’t overcome. The Trojans gave Scarborough a rough ride in the regular season, back on Oct. 3, then again this past weekend, in Saturday’s semifinal bout, trumping them 35-0. “Thornton is a very talented team and played extremely well,” says […]
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Pasta pass buoys Ronald McDonald House
SOUTH PORTLAND – Sitting by the bed of a sick child is heart wrenching and stressful, but for families at the local Ronald McDonald House, that tension has been eased in recent weeks by the chance to dine for free at the Olive Garden restaurant in South Portland. Every year Olive Garden restaurants across the […]
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Unregistered sex offender arrested in Scarborough with drugs, guns, money, fake police ID
Officers from Scarborough police’s Special Enforcement Unit arrested an unregistered sex offender Thursday morning who was harboring drugs and stolen guns. Through investigation with the department’s Sex Offender Specialist police determined that Bryan Keith Garcia, 33, was residing at 168 Holmes Road and had failed to register as a sex offender. He is a lifetime […]
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Big bash caps Cape's 250th anniversary celebrations
CAPE ELIZABETH – Cape Elizabeth turned 250 years old on Sunday and celebrated the milestone with a well-attended cocktail party at Inn by the Sea. Dubbed “A Toast to Cape,” the event featured a five-piece jazz ensemble from Cape Elizabeth High School, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and a 250th-themed cake. It capped off a […]
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Big bash caps Cape's 250th anniversary celebrations
CAPE ELIZABETH – Cape Elizabeth turned 250 years old on Sunday and celebrated the milestone with a well-attended cocktail party at Inn by the Sea. Dubbed “A Toast to Cape,” the event featured a five-piece jazz ensemble from Cape Elizabeth High School, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and a 250th-themed cake. It capped off a […]
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Local school nutrition programs at top of the class
CAPE ELIZABETH – The locovore food movement is not only gathering steam across the country, but is also evident at schools in Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough. In fact, Peter Esposito, the school nutrition director in both Cape and Scarborough, said around 80 percent of all the fresh produce used in school kitchens these days comes […]
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Green space eyed in the heart of SPHS
SOUTH PORTLAND – Creating usable green space from an interior courtyard at South Portland High School is one of the priorities of the school’s Sustainability Committee. To that end, next week the committee will hold a design workshop with students, staff and community members to talk about how to best use the courtyard for a […]
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Cape residents want historic school repurposed
CAPE ELIZABETH – More than 51 percent of those responding to a recent resident survey in Cape Elizabeth say they would like to see the historic former Spurwink School reused for a public purpose. The schoolhouse, which was built in 1849, is serving as a temporary home for the Thomas Memorial Library while the library […]
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SHS faculty dress up for a good cause
SCARBOROUGH – Faculty and staff at Scarborough High School gamely dressed up in silly costumes Friday, Oct. 30, to help the school’s Interact Club raise money for the Circle Camp for Grieving Children in Sweden, Maine. Essentially, teachers were paid to dress in costume on the last Friday before Halloween, as students made donations at […]