Last year’s survey showed Cumberland County ticks to have some of the highest rates of Lyme disease pathogens.
Scarborough Leader
News from Scarborough from Mainely Media.
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Abby Davis joins Fontaine Family Team
Abby Davis has joined the team at Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader at their Auburn location, according to a company press release. The company also has a Scarborough location. Davis primarily grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Lawton High School in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her four-year tour in the United States Coast Guard […]
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Letters to the editor, April 30
Town going through too much growth To the editor, I have watched first hand the explosion of our town’s growth over many years but in the last few years it has been totally out of control. The major changes in volume of traffic caused by the high density developments are forever changing the towns character, […]
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Fiddlehead Center for the Arts wins ecomaine’s ‘Upcycle Challenge’
A Scarborough-based nonprofit’s design of a chandelier from single-use plastic bottles gains the most votes, and the grand prize on Earth Day.
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The Scarborough community’s ultimate renewable resource
As I write this we are observing Earth Day. This international event began more than 50 years ago and it now prompts conversations as wide ranging as how to reduce the use of plastics to how to prepare for sea level rise. The Scarborough Public Library is serious about being a good steward of our […]
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Scarborough church gets new priest
SCARBOROUGH –The Rev. Dr. Ted J. Gaiser is the new priest at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Scarborough. Fr. Gaiser grew up in New England, but has deep family roots in Maine, roots that go back to a time before Maine was even a state, according to a church press release. In addition, he spent […]
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Sen. Carney announces new time for virtual public office hours
Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, who represents part of Scarborough, will hold virtual public office hours at 7 p.m., instead of the originally scheduled time, on Thursday, April 29 via Zoom, and it will be broadcast via Facebook live. Public office hours provide local residents a chance to meet with their elected officials, ask questions […]
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Maine Recycles Week to be held for first time since 2010
ecomaine has joined a diverse group of recycling and solid waste industry leaders, nonprofits, municipalities, and environmentalist groups to revive Maine Recycles Week for November of 2021. For the first time in more than a decade, Nov. 15-19 will be celebrated as Maine Recycles Week. During this week, residents of Maine are asked to do […]
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Maine Masons expand financial assistance to Maine Communities in 2021
Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation has announced a new matching grants initiative called ‘MAC — Masons Assisting Communities.’ In partnership with the 177 Masonic Lodges in Maine, the Foundation has expanded their Community Focused Matching Grants Program, providing additional support to eligible local organizations and nonprofits statewide over the next year. ‘MAC – Masons Assisting Communities’ […]
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Take-out bean supper, music and more takes place in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — The West Scarborough United Methodist Church, located at 656 U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough will be holding a curbside take-out bean supper on Saturday, May 15 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The menu includes: b Brad White to perform May 14 Brad White, a pianist and vocalist who also plays the saxophone will […]