For about a year, Gorham native Jenessa Boothby, and her husband, Kevin, a native of Scarborough, have dreamed of adding another member to their family – but not by getting pregnant. Instead, throughout the last year the couple has traveled to Europe, and continues to undergo the lengthy and costly adoption process to grow their […]
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Author talk at Cape library Author Joseph Souza will be on hand at the Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. He will be the special guest for the library’s monthly adult evening book group. The group will be discussing Souza’s novel, “Unpaved Surfaces.” Copies of the book are […]
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Two running for vacant District 4 school board seat
This fall Matthew Perkins and Libby Reynolds will vie for the District 4 Board of Education seat in South Portland, which was left vacant by the resignation of James Gilboy earlier this year. Both Perkins and Reynolds are political newcomers with children in the school system. The Current asked both candidates the same series of […]
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Greetings from Zip Code 04074 (Life in the Suburbs): Keep it simple, Democrats
Some local or state Democratic party official from a New England state was on TV last week, talking about the fact that Russia is dropping bombs in Syria now, trying to obliterate the group or entity or idea called ISIS. He suddenly veered off the topic-– which had been whether he, as an elected legislator, […]
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Barnacles and Bilgewater: Navigating rough seas in Scarborough
Over the years, Scarborough has developed a reputation for producing high-profile public disagreements. Longtime residents still talk about the controversial construction of the new Town Hall in 1991; at the time the project was pointedly referred to by some as the “Town Majal,” owing to its perceived extravagance. More recent examples of contentious issues have […]
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‘Green slime’ causes concern at Willard Beach
A large algae bloom now visible on much of Willard Beach in South Portland, especially at low tide, has become a cause of concern for neighbors, as well as the Friends of Casco Bay. This week Mike Doan, a research associate with the friends, told the Current, “a large, sudden bloom like the one at […]
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New brewpub named, owners ready to move forward
This week the entrepreneurial couple behind a planned new brewpub in South Portland announced the name of their new venture – Foulmouthed. In addition, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, Julia and Craig Dilger were set to hold a community meet and greet at the CIA Cafe? to acquaint their Knightville neighbors with the progress on their […]
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Judge: Antennas allowed on Cape water tower
Verizon Wireless might soon be able to move forward with its plans to install antennas and other wireless equipment atop an existing Cape Elizabeth water tower after a judge ruled in its favor last week. The lawsuit originated when Cape Elizabeth Code Enforcement Officer Ben McDougal denied Verizon a permit to install antennas on the […]
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Proficiency learning comes to high school
With a new grading system, freshmen have different ways to show subject competency. The time-honored tradition of awarding a letter grade based on student performance has fallen by the wayside as school districts across Maine move toward awarding proficiency-based diplomas as required by state law. While Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth schools have opted to take […]
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State’s top educator hails from Cape
Talya Edlund, a third-grade teacher at Pond Cove Elementary School, ‘couldn’t be more deserving’ of the 2016 Maine Teacher of the Year honor. As third-grade teacher Talya Edlund walked the hallways of Pond Cove Elementary School to her classroom following a school-wide assembly Monday, she couldn’t stop grinning. Neither could the other Pond Cove staff […]