An owl perches and peers into the home of Paul and Shirley Vigeant in Standish last week. This year has been an exceptional year for owl sightings, due in part to a boom in the population of squirrels, which owls eat, according to the Maine Audubon Society.
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Scout honored with trip to D.C.
RAYMOND — A Raymond girl was recently chosen as one of 12 Boy Scout delegates nationally to represent Maine in Washington, D.C. Isabella Messer, 10, was selected as a youth delegate to help present the Boy Scouts of America annual Report to the Nation to Congress. “It was a real honor. I was proud to be […]
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: March 29
Arrests No arrests were reported from March 19-15. Summonses 3/19 at 5:44 p.m. Scott Gagnon, 31, of South Portland, was issued a summons on Route 77 by Officer Eric Vanasse on a charge of operating an uninspected motor vehicle. Fire calls 3/20 at 10:20 a.m. Fire alarm on Running Tide Road. 3/23 at 3:40 p.m. Lines […]
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Inside Bridgton
Author meets kids Popular children’s book author Andrew Clements visited Stevens Brook Elementary School March 8 and spoke to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders. Clements entertained students as he talked about writing and answered questions on some of their favorite stories, including “Frindle,” “The Losers Club” and his most recent book, “The Friendship War.” He also […]
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Lakes Region urged to face future as team
WINDHAM — The executive director of the Greater Portland Council of Governments urged Lakes Region residents and business owners to work together and think regionally at a community lunch March 21, asking “How do we get people from diverse perspectives growing in the same direction?” Kristina Egan spoke about the Lakes Region’s future growth at the […]
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South Portland store owners set to fight proposed tobacco ban
SOUTH PORTLAND — With city councilors moving forward on an ordinance that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, two attorneys laid out grounds for how the law would be contested. “A total ban, such as the draft ordinance presently before the Council, would be unlawful if enacted,” attorneys Peggy McGehee and Joseph Talbot of […]
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South Portland adds 2 potential sites for skate park, removes Legere
SOUTH PORTLAND — The effort to establish a skate park is rolling on, but without a potential Knightville site that generated neighborhood opposition. City councilors on Tuesday instructed the ad hoc Skate Park Advisory Committee to conduct feasibility studies for sites at Mahoney Middle School, two near South Portland High School, and land behind the Cash Corner […]
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The Universal Notebook: College (cheating) admissions
Rich people can bribe their kids’ ways into elite colleges? I am shocked, shocked I tell you. Does this mean George W. Bush might not have gotten into Yale on his own merits? Did Fred Trump grease the skids for C-student Donnie at Fordham and Penn? I guess you don’t send a lawyer to your […]
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City seeks to loosen restrictions on towing, massage licenses
WESTBROOK — The city may be taking a more lenient stance on prior convictions of those licensed to drive tow trucks or offer massage services in the city. The City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Monday decided to pass on to the council an ordinance amendment that would loosen restrictions on tow truck operators […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Looking Back
March 30, 1994 Westbrook Police Chief Ronald Allanach is turning down an offer to be an investigator for the state of Florida. “My gut feeling was that it wasn’t right,” he said. He has been Westbrook’s chief since May 1987. He was on vacation March 16-22 to consider the Florida offer. Unrecorded auto registration fees […]