If you’re a news junkie, 2015 was a very good year. While terrorism dominated the national and international headlines, several high-profile local stories captured our attention. The following stories leaped out at us as some of the more meaningful and impactful ones of 2015: • Gov. Paul LePage broke the Internet a few times this […]
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Oak Hill Beal’s scoops up new owner
The Beal’s Famous Old Fashioned Ice Cream shop at Oak Hill in Scarborough is now under new ownership. Prior to Christmas, former Town Councilor Sue Foley-Ferguson announced that she had purchased the shop, which is her second Beal’s store. She also owns the ice cream shop on Veranda Street in Portland. Foley-Ferguson said this week […]
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Waste handling in flux in Cape Elizabeth
A $1.4 million bond question to fund upgrades and safety improvements at the transfer station in Cape Elizabeth is likely to appear on the June 16 local ballot. At a meeting Monday, the Town Council voted 6-1, with Caitlin Jordan opposed, to accept the report of the Solid Waste and Recycling Long Term Planning Committee, […]
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Waste handling in flux in Cape Elizabeth
A $1.4 million bond question to fund upgrades and safety improvements at the transfer station in Cape Elizabeth is likely to appear on the June 16 local ballot. At a meeting Monday, the Town Council voted 6-1, with Caitlin Jordan opposed, to accept the report of the Solid Waste and Recycling Long Term Planning Committee, […]
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‘Safe distance’ required by proposed South Portland fire code change
A majority of city councilors appear to support an amendment to South Portland’s fire codes that would require any new propane distribution facility to be located outside a minimum safe distance from critical infrastructure. Such a change could have negative consequences for a proposed liquid propane distribution facility at the Rigby Rail Yard, which is […]
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Other minorities deserve rights, too
Imagine living a life where you were forced to act out a different personality, always uncomfortable in your own skin because that is not who you are? A serious issue facing our nation is the discrimination of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) citizens. LGBTQIA individuals are the only minority not […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: I long for old Scarborough
Want to know what Scarborough was like in 1975? The big two-story red brick building across the street from the Scarborough Police Station, called the Oak Hill Professional Building, was the Scarborough Post Office. Well, not exactly. In l982 through l984, a bunch of dentists there, and a law firm (yes, yours truly…) expanded the […]
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Push to introduce gambling in southern Maine could impact Scarborough Downs
A group seeking approval to build a new casino in southern Maine may be interested in purchasing The Scarborough Downs racetrack off Route 1. Linwood Higgins, the lobbyist for the Maine Harness Horseman’s Association, told the Current Tuesday that Las Vegas developer Shawn Scott is “trying to obtain an ownership interest in Scarborough Downs” as […]
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Push to introduce gambling in southern Maine could impact Scarborough Downs
A group seeking approval to build a new casino in southern Maine may be interested in purchasing The Scarborough Downs racetrack off Route 1. Linwood Higgins, the lobbyist for the Maine Harness Horseman’s Association, told the Current Tuesday that Las Vegas developer Shawn Scott is “trying to obtain an ownership interest in Scarborough Downs” as […]
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Cape Elizabeth police log, Dec. 22-Jan. 4
Arrests/Summonses Lisa Lombardo, 30, of 197 Tandberg Trail, Windham, was arrested Dec. 30 on Ocean House Road on a charge of operating after suspension. Log On Dec. 23, a patrolman and captain responded to a residence in the Old Ocean House Road area for a well-being check. On Dec. 26, a patrolman met with a […]