Soccer Club car wash The Lake Region Soccer Club will hold its annual car wash from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Naples Fire Station, off Route 302. The car wash is donation-only to support the nonprofit organization, which provides three seasons of soccer skill training to area kids. Funds raised […]
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South Portland Police Beat: Aug. 17
Arrests 8/5 at 9:06 a.m. Christopher M. Cayer, 30, of Augusta, was arrested on Waterman Drive by Officer Michael Armstrong on a charge of operating under the influence and failing to stop, remain and render aid. 8/4 at 10:28 p.m. Mark D. McGarity, 51, of South Portland, was arrested on Westbrook Street by Officer Brian McCarthy on a charge of operating under the influence. 8/8 at 10:39 p.m. Crystal Pare, 34, no address listed, was […]
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Inside New Gloucester
Native American Market The 10th annual festival of Maine’s finest, award-winning Native American artists will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Road. The Maine Native American Summer Market provides a rare opportunity to purchase museum-quality crafts directly from Maine’s finest Wabanaki artists. A […]
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Scarborough officials negotiating tax break with Downs developers
SCARBOROUGH — Developers and town officials are negotiating a tax increment financing agreement for the 500-acre Scarborough Downs property. At a Town Council workshop Wednesday, developers said they will need a partnership with the town to complete their vision of community space and a “modern, active mixed-use” downtown area on about 40 acres at the core of […]
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Scarborough Beach parking restrictions go year round
SCARBOROUGH — The Town Council Wednesday approved an off-season ban on parking within 50 feet of the entrance to Scarborough Beach on Black Point Road. Councilors Katy Foley and Peter Hayes voted against the measure, which passed 4-2. Both councilors saying they did not think it was a problem that needed correcting. “We don’t need […]
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Family, disability inspire South Portland man's memoir
SOUTH PORTLAND — Mitch Sturgeon was an active outdoorsman and engineer when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 35. It was the same age his mother was when she was hurt in an accident that left her a quadriplegic in 1969. He said sharing a similar experience of disability at a young age helped him […]
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Joint effort expands Cape Elizabeth trail system
CAPE ELIZABETH — What started as a weeklong trail rehab of Winnick Woods has turned into a collaborative effort to expand the trail network by about a half-mile. The 71-acre parcel off of Sawyer Road was donated to the town by Alice Larrea in the 1990s for preservation in memory of her family, the Winnicks. Today, […]
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60 Years Ago
The Westbrook American reported on Aug. 20, 1958, that Gene Waters of Westbrook was named captain of the Bowdoin College football team. Waters, son of Frank Waters, was a halfback. Philip Mailhot was chairman of Westbrook’s Democratic City Committee that opened a headquarters and would be staffed until Election Day.
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The Universal Notebook: Blame the GOP
The partisan gridlock that plagues Maine and the nation and threatens the very foundations of democracy is not a bipartisan affair. The idea that both parties are to blame is a third-party canard, a pick-me strategy concocted by independent candidates who can’t win. The truth is the Republican Party is primarily to blame. The new […]
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Farewell to Lt. Harry Weymouth
Firefighters salute in front of Eastpoint Christian Church in South Portland Sunday, Aug. 12, as vehicles carrying family members arrive at the funeral for Lt. Harry Weymouth of Buxton, who died Aug. 2 in Hollis. Weymouth, 21-year veteran of the South Portland Fire Department, as well as a firefighter volunteer in Buxton, was driving […]