Scarborough Community Services will be hosting our spring Passport Day to help families and individuals with their passport processing outside of the normal schedule. Scheduled for Saturday, March 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Community Services Hub (418 Payne Road), staff will assist with accepting new passport applications and minor passport renewals. […]
Scarborough Leader
News from Scarborough from Mainely Media.
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Scarborough Superintendent Geoffrey Bruno to resign
Scarborough Superintendent Geoffrey Bruno resigns after three years, with the Board focusing on a smooth transition for the district’s future.
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Scarborough Town Council and the ordinance committee address odor moratorium
The recent Scarborough town council meeting addressed concerns regarding cannabis odor through public comment and subsequent unanimous support for a town-wide moratorium.
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Letters to the Editor, Feb. 16
Republicans should support immigration bill To the editor, It is disgusting that Donald Trump has caused Congress to nix the Immigration Bill. The Republican Megas and others are stopping a bill that after decades of kicking the immigration can down the road has enabled immigration to get worse every year. Here is a Congressional compromise […]
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Local residents earn academic honors, graduate
Zachory Strzegowski, of Scarborough, graduated from The University of Tampa on Friday, Dec. 15. Strzegowski received a Bachelor of Science in Management. Local Emmanuel College students making the Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester include: Jillian Feyler of Gorham, Connor Donnelly of Gorham, Sawyer McFadden of Scarborough, and Claudia Peterson of Gorham. The University […]
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Scarborough’s People of Pine Point, Inc. join disaster relief efforts
The group is coordinating disaster relief efforts and advocating for the protection and improvement of Pine Point’s coastal community.
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Talk
Community Cafe Senior Luncheon The next Senior Luncheon will talk place at the Blue Point Congregational Church at 236 Pine Point Road; Scarborough will be on Monday, February 19. The meal will be beef stew. The speakerwill be Scarborough Historical Society: A Scarborough Family During the Revolutionary War. Register for this meal by Thursday, Feb. […]
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From Augusta – Understanding the proposed Reproductive Rights Amendment to the Maine Constitution
A proposal to amend the Maine Constitution to protect reproductive autonomy has been presented to the Maine Legislature this session. LD 780, “Resolution, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Protect Personal Reproductive Autonomy,” sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Eloise Vitelli of Arrowsic, is Maine’s response to the US Supreme Court decision, Dobbs […]
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New national public health strategy to combat rising cases of tick-borne diseases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the National Public Health Strategy to Prevent and Control Vector-Borne Diseases in People. This national strategy was required as part of the Kay Hagan Tick Act that was authored by U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, and signed […]
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Len Libby Candies and Scarborough Police pair up for Valentine’s Day ‘Cupid Cops’ program
Len Libby Candies and the Scarborough Police Department paired up to “spread a little love” in the community and deliver nearly 90 boxes of chocolates to residents in the community who have lost a loved one over the past two years. Through its police officer and other department personnel delivered the chocolates on Valentine’s Day. […]