Gilmore Hilton read the satirical essay “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift and declared it an effective piece of literature. The satire called for the systematic killing of Irish children for the benefit of the English aristocracy. Gil was shocked when a vacationing Yale professor said that some of the English genteel actually thought it […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Bit of Old Scarborough dies
John Nappi died the other day. The name will mean nothing to you. He accomplished little of what most people would call public achievement. Who is he? He is the guy you perhaps saw walking along Gorham Road, near the Maine Mall, in the Eight Corners section of Scarborough, at any time during the day […]
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1,000-point club
Carly Rogers, a member of the Scarborough High School class of 2012 and now a senior at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, recently surpassed 1,000 points in her college basketball career when she was fouled and converted the three-point play with 3:24 left in the first quarter of a game in mid-February against Endicott […]
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Q&A with Eric Berry-Sandelin: City native playing lead in USM's 'Reefer Madness'
The Department of Theatre and the School of Music at the University of Southern Maine will present the Maine premiere of “Reefer Madness: The Musical,” which stars Eric Berry-Sandelin of South Portland, starting March 11. Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the […]
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Scarborough police log, Feb. 15-21
Paul Hunt, 33, of 367 Main St., Westbrook, was arrested Feb. 15 on Two Road Road on a charge of operating when suspended/revoked. David Perkins, 38, of 129 Sawyer Road, Scarborough, was arrested Feb. 15 on Sawyer Road on a warrant from another agency. Perry McCourtney, 52, of 4 Chamberlain Drive, Hallowell, was arrested Feb. […]
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A welcome feeling
I’d like to thank the Scarborough and South Portland library staff for making visitors feel welcome during Cape Elizabeth’s Thomas Memorial Library renovations. What a great example of cooperation and opportunity to get to know other libraries, staff, and their outstanding contributions to our communities. Thanks to the Thomas Memorial staff for cheerfully keeping things […]
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A welcome feeling
I’d like to thank the Scarborough and South Portland library staff for making visitors feel welcome during Cape Elizabeth’s Thomas Memorial Library renovations. What a great example of cooperation and opportunity to get to know other libraries, staff, and their outstanding contributions to our communities. Thanks to the Thomas Memorial staff for cheerfully keeping things […]
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Caucuses to keep Democrats, Republicans busy this weekend
Both the Maine Democratic and Republican parties will hold presidential preference caucuses in various locations and times throughout the state this weekend. Both parties are expecting large turnouts, although the results of voting on Super Tuesday, March 1, in 10 states from Massachusetts to Texas, may change the field, particularly on the Republican side, if […]
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New voting method worth supporting
Sadly, one of Scarborough’s legislators, Rep. Heather Sirocki, seems to be leading a battle hoping to stop ranked choice voting from being approved by voters this fall. In the 1880s, we amended Maine’s constitution to ensure once and for all that the people, not the legislature, elected our leaders in Augusta and Washington. Now, as […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log, Feb. 16-22
Arrest Michael Meuse, 32, for 5 Hill Way, Cape Elizabeth, was arrested Feb. 20 on Route 77 on on charges of violating conditions of release, two counts, and possession of marijuana. Summonses Devyn Dupuis, 24, of Saco, was summonsed Feb. 22 on Sawyer Road on charges of operating after suspension and violating conditions of release. […]