Ken’s Place Seafood Restaurant in Scarborough will host the third annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, March 26, at 10 a.m. The event is open to kids of all ages. Participants are encouraged to wear their “Sunday Best” and bring their own Easter basket. Suggested donations of $5 per participant will be accepted. All proceeds […]
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Singular sermon
Hometown boy Frank Kellogg, who had just graduated from the seminary up there in Bangor, was supposed to deliver his first sermon at the church on a recent weekend. No one is quite sure how it happened, but the special invitations to the service went out to the wrong people, with the wrong date and […]
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WORDS FROM THE SOULE: A sonnet to impress her
Last week, you were introduced to Gilmore Hilton, an intellectual giant whose structured education ended on the day he received his high school diploma, but he studied philosophy and psychology in his spare time. Impressed by his knowledge and wisdom, many of us turned to him for advice and direction. He was our Voltaire. I […]
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Knightville street likely to go back to 2-way traffic
SOUTH PORTLAND — 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 […]
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ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Medicare help and more
The Southern Maine Agency on Aging, based in Scarborough, frequently offers a seminar called “Welcome to Medicare” at various locations in southern Maine, as well as in the agency’s Scarborough office. On Tuesday, March 1, the seminar will be offered at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church at 919 Roosevelt Trail in Windham, from 10 […]
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South Portland police log, Feb. 6-11
Laura Merten, 42, of South Portland, was summonsed Feb. 6 on Commercial Street on a charge of operating while license suspended. Megean Bourgeois, 23, of Portland, was summonsed Feb. 7 on Broadway on a charge of operating under the influence of alcohol. Kyle Barrows, 27, of South Portland, was summonsed Feb. 8 on Main Street […]
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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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Job shadowing: Where once he watched, South Portland auto mechanic now shows others
When his goal of becoming an automobile technician was fired up by a job-shadow visit to Duval’s Service Center in South Portland about a decade ago, Nick Gray had no idea he would one day come full circle. Now, Gray works at Duval’s and has the opportunity to pass on his passion for fixing cars […]
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Job shadowing: Where once he watched, South Portland auto mechanic now shows others
When his goal of becoming an automobile technician was fired up by a job-shadow visit to Duval’s Service Center in South Portland about a decade ago, Nick Gray had no idea he would one day come full circle. Now, Gray works at Duval’s and has the opportunity to pass on his passion for fixing cars […]
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Scarborough shapes online policies
In this age of instant communication, much of it through social media, municipalities are struggling with how to get information out to the public while avoiding some of the hazards associated with platforms such as Facebook or Twitter. That’s why before launching an official town of Scarborough Facebook page in the next few weeks, the […]