Congratulations to the South Portland Middle School “Riot Crew” Robotics Team for representing South Portland well at the Maine First Lego League State Competition in Augusta on Saturday. The team received praise for their innovative project presentation and for their teamwork in the teamwork challenge. In addition, they finished seventh out of 60 teams in […]
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GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Donald Trump comes to Maine
Lewiston High School beat Scarborough High School this fall for the Maine State Class A schoolboy soccer title. Scarborough is a perennial powerhouse. Lewiston is not. Lewiston this year, however, benefited from having a number of immigrants who have moved to Maine, playing for the team. Whether from Somalia, Sudan or Uganda, the new arrivals […]
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Curran hired as assistant principal at Pond Cove Elementary
In the New Year the Pond Cove Elementary School in Cape Elizabeth will get a new assistant principal – Theresa Curran, a first-grade teacher at Kennebunk Elementary School. Her appointment to succeed Julie Nickerson was approved by the Cape School Board at its meeting last week. Superintendent Meredith Nadeau said Curran has regularly provided administrative […]
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New Cape library director: ‘The library is a place to try out ideas’
Kyle Neugebauer, currently the adult services librarian at the Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook, has been tapped to be the new director of the Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth. Town Manager Michael McGovern announced the appointment last week and said Neugebauer would begin work on Jan. 13, although his post as library director would […]
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New Cape library director: ‘The library is a place to try out ideas’
Kyle Neugebauer, currently the adult services librarian at the Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook, has been tapped to be the new director of the Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth. Town Manager Michael McGovern announced the appointment last week and said Neugebauer would begin work on Jan. 13, although his post as library director would […]
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New Cape library director: ‘The library is a place to try out ideas’
Kyle Neugebauer, currently the adult services librarian at the Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook, has been tapped to be the new director of the Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth. Town Manager Michael McGovern announced the appointment last week and said Neugebauer would begin work on Jan. 13, although his post as library director would […]
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Scarborough, Cape students nominated to service academies
Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has nominated two local students to United States service academies. Sean Bowers, of Scarborough High School, was nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy, while Cooper Siepert, of Cape Elizabeth High School, was nominated to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. “This group of students represents some of Maine’s best and brightest,” […]
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Scarborough pupils wear PJs for a cause
The classes in the Green Learning Community at Wentworth School in Scarborough took the lead on a special project to raise money for the Pajama Program, which provides new pajamas and books to children living at group homes, shelters, foster care or orphanages. On Friday, Dec. 11, kids at Wentworth were encouraged to wear their […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: The future starts here
Greetings to the people of Maine in the year 2015. I’m communicating with you from the future, a time your primitive minds will scarcely be able to comprehend. Among the wonders our advanced civilization has achieved: Flying cars. Hover-boards that actually hover. A constitutional amendment banning all Adam Sandler movies. Yes, it’s practically paradise, except […]
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South Portland police log, Dec. 5-11
Amanda Jensen, 29, of South Portland, was arrested Dec. 5 on Lincoln Street on charges of operating under the influence of alcohol and motor vehicle speeding 30-plus mph over the speed limit. Scott Yonker, 50, transient, was arrested Dec. 5 on Maine Mall Road on a charge of criminal threatening. Jeffrey Douglas, 24, of South […]