The city is looking for volunteers to staff the new swap shop, set to open at the transfer station next month. Modeled after the enduringly popular swap shop in Cape Elizabeth, the city of South Portland plans to open a similar operation at its newly revamped transfer station off Highland Avenue sometime this June. Right […]
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Cape opts for interim school head
After both of its finalists dropped out, the Cape Elizabeth School Board must start all over in the search for a new superintendent to replace Meredith Nadeau, who is leaving at the end of the school year. The goal now, according to Elizabeth Scifres, chairwoman of the School Board, is to hire an interim superintendent, […]
Students go to Dogs to learn about marketing
For a successful marketing campaign, you first need a good idea, students in John McHugh’s sports marketing class at Scarborough High School are learning. What’s also needed is correctly identifying the target audience and having effective outreach and marketing, from the traditional handmade poster hanging in the school hallway to a social media presence. In […]
Cross purposes: Users like pedestrian bridge idea, mayor not so much
Retiree Bertha Grenier, who no longer drives, often uses a part of South Portland’s Greenbelt to get around the Mill Creek area, usually walking from her apartment on the corner of Cottage and Broadway to the Wendy’s restaurant to meet up with her friends. But, she never crosses the intersection at the foot of the […]
Cross purposes: Users like pedestrian bridge idea, mayor not so much
Retiree Bertha Grenier, who no longer drives, often uses a part of South Portland’s Greenbelt to get around the Mill Creek area, usually walking from her apartment on the corner of Cottage and Broadway to the Wendy’s restaurant to meet up with her friends. But, she never crosses the intersection at the foot of the […]
A real fish story: 30 years for derby
Much has changed in the past three decades, but the annual Kids Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Scarborough Kiwanis Club, is still going strong. The 30th annual event is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, at Bayley’s Campground, which stocks its freshwater ponds with trout and bass for the occasion. The event also includes minnow races […]
A real fish story: 30 years for derby
Much has changed in the past three decades, but the annual Kids Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Scarborough Kiwanis Club, is still going strong. The 30th annual event is scheduled for Saturday, May 7, at Bayley’s Campground, which stocks its freshwater ponds with trout and bass for the occasion. The event also includes minnow races […]
King withdraws from Cape superintendent consideration
According to a press release issued Friday morning, Craig King has withdrawn his candidacy for the position of Superintendent of Schools in Cape Elizabeth and the School Board has turned its focus toward hiring an interim superintendent to serve during the 2016-2017 school year. According to the board’s Chairwoman Elizabeth Scifres, Cape will begin the […]
New Crocker scholarships aiding ‘brighter future’
Throughout the past decade the Dollars for Scholars program in South Portland has given out thousands of dollars in scholarships to local students going on to college. This spring, the program announced the creation of a new scholarship named in honor of the longtime local educator and former South Portland High School principal, Jeanne Crocker. […]
Shredding event to aid food pantry
A shredding event will take place Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m.-noon at the Saco Biddeford Savings Bank, corner Gorham Road and Hannaford Drive in Scarborough. The event is sponsored by the Scarborough Lions Club and Saco Biddeford Saving and proceeds will benefit Scarborough Food Pantry. There is a three-box limit for shredding. Donations of […]