SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough Assistant Town Manager Larissa Crockett stood in front of the entrance to Town Hall Wednesday morning with a reusable mask over the lower half of her face and a box of disposable face masks tucked under her arm. Town Hall opened at 8 a.m. for the first time since March 17. It […]
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South Portland and Scarborough news from The Forecaster.
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Cape Memory Care reels from virus case outbreak
More than half of the residents and nearly a third of the staff at Cape Memory Care have tested positive for COVID-19.
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With bad tick year forecast, new solution will keep them at bay, creator says
This year ticks bearing disease will be out in force, experts say, and the owner of Wildwood Medicine says his leg wraps can repel them.
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Hometown Heroes: Mainers Together creates ‘long-lasting community network’ for people in need during pandemic
Eliza Kenigsburg coordinates volunteers around Portland’s West End, where roughly 50 people have been served.
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Jetport to receive $12M in aid to make up for loss of passengers
Passenger traffic at the Portland International Jetport is down 90% and it is losing $1.6 million in revenue per month.
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Fight global warming – plant a tree
The South Portland Land Trust will be giving away 1,000 white cedar seedlings in hopes that the public will plant them around the city.
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Cape Elizabeth spending plan could mean 1% tax increase
The needs to put a number of projects on hold, and is still deciding whether to pay to replace the artificial turf on the high school football field, which officials say is badly needed.
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Local golf courses reopen, with limits, as COVID-19 restrictions loosen
Gov. Janet Mills’ ongoing plan for re-opening businesses in Maine allowed golf courses to open on May 1, and local residents are taking full advantage.
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Local town, city services phasing in public re-openings
Officials in South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough are all planning to slowly re-open many basic city services, such as town and city halls, to the public.
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SoPo school board nixes grading change at high school
Members voted 5-2 to kill a measure to forego the standard grading system during semester 2 to account for learning difficulties during the coronavirus pandemic, while the public voiced its opposition and criticized how the district handled the issue.