Leap Day, which happens every four years and is the main attraction of Leap Year, is coming up Feb. 29. While many may view the extra 24-hour period as just another winter day to overcome in the quest to reach the promised land of spring, the editorial staff at Current Publishing recently got to wondering […]
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Lip-sync show shaping up as Cape's must-see match
Banking on the popularity of Spike TV’s new “Lip Sync Battle” show, which pits lip-synching celebrities against each other for audience votes each week, the Project Graduation Committee at Cape Elizabeth High School is putting on its own version of this widely watched spectacle. On Tuesday, March 8, teachers throughout the school district, along with […]
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Lip-sync show shaping up as Cape's must-see match
Banking on the popularity of Spike TV’s new “Lip Sync Battle” show, which pits lip-synching celebrities against each other for audience votes each week, the Project Graduation Committee at Cape Elizabeth High School is putting on its own version of this widely watched spectacle. On Tuesday, March 8, teachers throughout the school district, along with […]
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54-unit apartment complex planned for Eastern Village
Local developer Kerry Anderson is getting ready to add a 54-unit apartment complex to his Eastern Village development in Oak Hill. The Scarborough Planning Board was scheduled to get a first look at the proposal during its meeting on Monday, but the sketch plan review was postponed at Anderson’s request, according to Dan Bacon, the […]
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Get your 'kind' on
There was an article in major New York or Boston newspaper the other day entitled “Can Kind, Friendly bosses get ahead?” Here is what I bet many people “read” when they saw that headline: “Is it possible you can survive in this world if you are a namby-pamby, pushover, cream puff?” The United States, since […]
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Get your 'kind' on
There was an article in major New York or Boston newspaper the other day entitled “Can Kind, Friendly bosses get ahead?” Here is what I bet many people “read” when they saw that headline: “Is it possible you can survive in this world if you are a namby-pamby, pushover, cream puff?” The United States, since […]
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Former Riot honored at Rensselaer
Logan Gaddar of South Portland has been chosen for a year-end award from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute after helping the Engineers to a 9-2 overall record, a share of the Liberty League Championship and a victory in the ECAC Asa S. Bushnell Bowl Championship. Rensselaer’s top wide receiver, Gaddar, who graduated from South Portland High School, […]
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Musical mystery: Scarborough man stumbles on stash of antique pianos
What to do with a truckful of antique pianos? That’s the question now facing Scarborough businessman and community volunteer Sam Kelley, who recently bought a 45-foot trailer filled with upright and baby grand pianos dating from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Kelley, who buys and sells used tractor-trailers, came across the stash of historic […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log, Feb. 9-15
Arrests/summonses Victor McAllister, 30, of 8 Longfellow Drive, Cape Elizabeth, was arrested March 16 on Longfellow Drive on a warrant. Calls On Thursday, Feb. 11, a patrolman met with a resident of the Ivie Road area regarding an abandoned bike. The bike is described as black MTX mountain bike and is being held at the […]
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Knightville street likely to return to 2-way traffic
Most city councilors expressed support Monday for returning Ocean Street between D and E streets in Knightville to two-way traffic, with parallel parking on both sides of the street. A formal vote is scheduled for the March 7 City Council meeting. Mayor Tom Blake and councilors Claude Morgan, Eben Rose, Maxine Beecher and Patti Smith […]