SCARBOROUGH — The Scarborough Land Trust recently completed the purchase of 55 acres comprised of two parcels neighboring the 156-acre Elaine Stimson Warren Woods Preserve, expanding the preserve and permanently protecting a stretch of the Nonesuch River and valuable floodplain, forested wetlands, and mature forest. “Warren Woods is an area treasure,” said Rick Shinay, SLT’s […]
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Scarborough and other southern Maine residents experiencing inconsistent mail delivery
US Rep. Pingree and US Sen. Collins push for faster mail delivery.
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Bates professor to give talk at Scarborough library Jan. 25
James C. Richter, professor of politics at Bates College with an expertise in US and Soviet foreign policy during the Cold War, will present The Memory Wars of Central and Eastern Europe on Tuesday, Jan. 25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This virtual lecture is the second of three Camden Conference Community Events co-sponsored by […]
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Ask the Realtor
Question: What determines a legal bedroom in a home? Sophia J., Old Orchard Beach Answer: Sophia, great question and there is a lot of misinformation on that. The traditional definition was if the room had a closet and was not a pass-through to another room. Today, two main things determine a legal bedroom in a […]
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Scarborough community services offering new 55+ programs
SCARBOROUGH— The Scarborough Community Center located at 418 Payne Road is now offering new 55+ programs. Some of the new programs are senior bingo, book and puzzle exchange, coffee with a cop, senior lunches, blood drive, crafts with friends and several trips around Maine. The center will be following all of the COVID protocols including […]
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Minimalism topic on Jan. 19 talk at Scarborough library
Marie A. Laverriere, DMin, MA, MSW, practices minimalism and purposefully lives a simplified life and she will talk about this at the Scarborough Public Library on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m., part of the library’s Sustainable Scarborough series. Leverriere, speaks from experience. She moved out of an 800-square-foot apartment into a 293-square-foot cottage right […]
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COVID-19 surge led to high school closure in Scarborough
Multiple schools in southern Maine closed due to surge in COVID-10 cases and reverted to remote learning last week.
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Democrat Boyle wins special election for House District 27
Boyle bested two opponents to represent the district, which includes parts of Gorham and Scarborough.
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Scarborough Public Library’s first Camden Conference Community Event in 2022 takes place Jan. 11
SCARBOROUGH — Andrea Stanley Hester, vice president of the World Affairs Council of Maine, will present the first of three Camden Conference Community Events co-sponsored by the Camden Conference and Scarborough Public Library. Her virtual talk, Brexit at Five — How Is It Going? will be offered Tuesday, Jan. 11, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. […]
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New year, new ways to stay active and engaged
Happy New Year to all! As many people do at the start of the new year, the Scarborough Community Services Department likes to reflect back on the past year on what we have accomplished, especially during this time of constant changes and the unknown with COVID. We like to assess what went well and how […]