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Generosity shines brightly in Scarborough at Thanksgiving 

Thanksgiving is all about sharing our bounty with family, friends, and neighbors. We enjoy trying new recipes for stuffing, sparring lightly over whether it is pumpkin or apple pie that’s the perfect slice of heaven, and deciding who will bring the favorite must-have sides to complement the turkey, the star of the show. Sharing with […]

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Scarborough/Gorhman residents go to college, receive accolades

Ryan Gambardella and Sarah Card, both of Scarborough, are incoming freshmen this year at James Madison University in Harrisburg, Virginia. Aidan Mclean, of Scarborough, is a freshman at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mclean’s major is listed as Mechanical Engg BME. Graduate student Narissa Libby of Gorham was among those honored […]

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Scarborough Scouts help town and its residents.

Cub Scouts from Pack 47 have been busy carrying out Good Turns for various organizations in Scarborough. Cub Scouting is for any boy or girl in grades kindergarten through fifth. Contact Cathy at [email protected] for more information. Recently, the Scouts painted pumpkins (above) and made Thanksgiving cards for residents at Pine Point Nursing Home and cleaned […]

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Upcoming Scarborough library program fosters civil discourse

“If you want to change your stereotypes, seek first-hand experience. Do not believe everything you are told. Find out for yourself. Talk.” ― Mark Gerzon, American Citizen, Global Citizen: How Expanding Our Identities Makes Us Safer, Stronger, Wiser – And Builds a Better World Please consider attending an important upcoming Scarborough Public Library program featuring […]

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Town & Country FCU holds ‘virtual’ event to award $25,000 to local nonprofits

SCARBOROUGH — Although the high-fives and accolades were ‘virtual’ for the second straight year, the impact of the $25,000 in grants provided by Town & Country Federal Credit Union is very ‘real’. At a special event, held ‘virtually’ out of an abundance of caution, the credit union announced the 2021 grant recipients, including one from […]

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From Augusta – Protecting reproductive rights

Constitutional rights hang in the balance as the United States Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas’ new restrictive abortion law, which took effect on Sept. 1, and Mississippi’s abortion ban, which has been found unconstitutional by two lower courts. The controversial Texas law contains no exceptions to abortions after six weeks for rape, sexual abuse […]