SCARBOROUGH – When is it the best when you can complete an entire year’s worth of research? When you can do it in one hour. On Saturday, April 13 – the last day of National Library Week – about 10 attendees sat at computers for a live-streamed broadcast in the meeting room of the Scarborough […]

SCARBOROUGH – Cars filled the parking lot of Scarborough High School on Saturday, April 6 as scores of people showed up to attend the 2019 Scarborough High School Antiques and Vintage Show and Sale, an event that in its fourth year benefitted the school’s Model U.N. Club. “It’s a very successful local show,” said promoter […]

Despite outreach to residents about only putting items that can be recycled into curbside containers, many communities are still experiencing high contamination rates. In response, the towns of Scarborough, Falmouth and Windham, and the city of South Portland, are hiring two summer interns to track what’s going into recycling bins and to educate users about […]

SCARBOROUGH — Town officials say it has been a quiet year for horseback riding on the beach after a new ordinance requirement convinced many riders, including the owner of a local equestrian center, to look elsewhere for their riding experiences. For years, equestrians have been able to ride their animals from Oct. 1-March 31 along the […]

A South Portland city employee was suspended for a week without pay after City Manager Scott Morelli saw a Feb. 21 video of the employee plowing and sanding the Scarborough driveway of former Code Enforcement Officer Patricia Doucette. “Abusing public resources damages the trust that members of the public have in their city government and […]

When the season began back in December, Scarborough’s girls’ basketball team was regarded as good, but not great. In the Class AA South final Friday afternoon, said Coach Mike Giordano, “We got to the point where we passed good and entered into great.” Second-seeded Scarborough used a suffocating defense to overwhelm top-seeded South Portland, 35-25, […]

SCARBOROUGH — Historians are looking for help from the community to restore the town’s last one-room schoolhouse. The fundraising effort is an ode to the neighborhood surrounding Beech Ridge School, according to Scarborough Historical Society Vice President and curator Becky Delaware. “Beech Ridge is kind of out there as far as location,” Delaware said. “It was […]

SCARBOROUGH – Patricia Cole was devastated when, after 17 years of working at Scarborough High School, painful bunions forced her into retirement. “Walking was so painful, and of course, as the school baker, I was on my feet all day. I loved working with the kids, but I couldn’t do it anymore,” said Cole, who […]

Scarborough High School has won a spot to compete on Maine Public Television’s statewide High School Quiz Show. More than 60 teams entered the competition, and Scarborough made the cut of 16 teams selected to compete on television. The High School Quiz Show is a single-elimination academic bracket competition with four rounds that test the […]

SCARBOROUGH – As it embarks on its ninth season, Frith Farm on Ash Swamp Road encourages those who qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to use them for a Community Supported Agriculture membership. Maine’s Supplemental Assistance Program, referred to as SNAP, is a program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and the […]