SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough residents took time out of the busy holiday season this week to spend the evening talking about what it means to be a community. The event was titled “A Community Conversation,” and was the brainchild of two Scarborough residents, Janice Cohen and Dana Morris-Jones. The two both work as professional facilitators […]

SCARBOROUGH – Lyric Music Theater, embarking on the second weekend of its production of “White Christmas,” will offer a sensory-friendly performance on Saturday, Dec. 15. The Robbie Foundation sponsors the performance, a Maine-based charity that helps provide adaptive equipment to special needs children. The organization works with children from birth to age 20, and has […]

The American Red Cross has launched First Aid for Opioid Overdoses – an online course to teach people how to respond to a known or suspected opioid overdose. In 2016, drug overdoses killed 63,632 Americans, with nearly two-thirds of those deaths involving opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Maine had a […]

Three local standouts signed national letters of intent recently as Scarborough’s Jessica Rinaldi and Cape Elizabeth’s Olivia Tighe and Prezli Piscopo made their college choices official. Rinaldi, a key cog on a girls’ soccer team which has reached the past two Class A state finals, signed her NLI to attend and play soccer at Bryant […]

“We’re just a bunch of princesses trying to make a difference.” Brie Roche is leading a team of actresses and actors that portray princesses and princes to raise money for local organizations and be positive role models to area children. Roche is a Scarborough native and a 2017 graduate of the teaching program at the […]

What does it mean to be a community? How can we improve? These are questions posed by two conflict resolution specialists from Scarborough on a mission to improve communication in their community. Janice Cohen and Dana Morris-Jones, both Scarborough residents, will host an event titled “One Scarborough Community Conversation” at Camp Ketcha on Dec. 17 […]

The Scarborough and Saco communities are partnering with the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System to make Route 1 safer and more accessible for all modes of transportation, including motor vehicles, public transit, bicycles and pedestrians. Scarborough Planning Director Jay Chace and Saco Public Works Director Patrick Fox said in a written statement that the two […]

SCARBOROUGH — After winning 15 games in a row, the Scarborough girls basketball team looked like they would capture the Class AA South championship last year, but Gorham ended up securing the title and heading to the state championship for the third straight time. This year, Scarborough head coach Mike Giordano and the Red Storm […]

SCARBOROUGH — The town council will vote Nov. 28 on a potential tax break for developers of the Crossroads Holdings project proposed at Scarborough Downs. The vote will come after the council on Wednesday discussed establishing a downtown tax increment financing district, which would include authorization of a credit enhancement agreement with developers. Prior to the workshop, newly elected […]

SCARBOROUGH — Superintendent of Schools Julie Kukenberger, who in two years on the job became a lightning rod for critics of school policies and administration, will step down when her contract expires in June. Kukenberger announced her decision at Thursday night’s school board meeting. She was hired in April 2016 after serving as an assistant superintendent […]