Arrests Ryan S. Hodgkin, 40, Turtle Lane, Standish, on Dec. 25 on charges of attaching false plates, hold for other agency, and negotiate a worthless instrument, on Huston Road. Keisha M. Shepard, 28, Green Street, Biddeford, on Jan. 1 on charges of operating under the influence (alcohol)-no test, and failure to give correct name, address […]
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We Love to Eat
Community meal – Thursday, Feb. 15, noon, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., Westbrook. Smothered beef, $5. Free dinner – Thursday, Feb. 15, 5:30-6:30 p.m., St. Peters Episcopal Church, 678 Washington St., Portland. Chowder luncheon – Friday, Feb. 16, and every Friday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland. Bowl of […]
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Outlook for Scarborough Downs now stretches to 40 years
SCARBOROUGH — The timeline for completion of a mixed-use community at Scarborough Downs has increased from an initial estimate of 15-30 years to up to 40 years. A local developer and part of his team met with the Town Council and staff last week to discuss short- and long-term plans for the 500-acre property that now […]
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Big Brothers Big Sisters moving to Westbrook
WESTBROOK — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine is moving to Westbrook this month after more than 20 years at its Portland location. The agency, which provides participating children with an adult, volunteer mentor, officially opens at 625 Main St. in Westbrook on Monday, Feb. 26. The building once housed the rectory for the […]
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A lesson in political suicide
After losing the 2010 election, then-state Sen. John Nutting took his political career out in his back pasture, and put a bullet through its head. Figuratively speaking. What Nutting fired off weren’t bullets, but words, ones that disparaged his victorious opponent and the people who voted for him. Not the sort of thing one does […]
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Outlook for Scarborough Downs now stretches to 40 years
SCARBOROUGH — The timeline for completion of a mixed-use community at Scarborough Downs has increased from an initial estimate of 15-30 years to up to 40 years. A local developer and part of his team met with the Town Council and staff last week to discuss short- and long-term plans for the 500-acre property that now […]
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Buxton Notes
The First Congregational Church of Buxton (Tory Hill Meetinghouse) in its “Souper Bowl” fundraiser on Feb. 4 to “tackle hunger” collected $47 and 205 pounds of food to support its local food pantry. Pictured, from the left, are Jim Shimansky, Sandy MacMahon, Reagan Jewett (in front of Sandy), the Rev. Allison Curry, Kathleen Bloomer, Stacie […]
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SAD-6 bus driver faulted in crash
BUXTON – Police issued a summons Feb. 13 to a SAD-6 school bus driver following a crash with a car at Route 202 and Brewster Place in Buxton. Buxton Police Chief Troy Cline said in a press release that bus driver Lisa Young of Buxton, 53, was issued “a civil summons for failure to yield […]
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Lost in cyberspace.
“I compute it to be an ionic directional probe searching for receiving outlets.” Robot from the 60’s television show Lost in Space. Now if that isn’t the weirdest start of a column and I have no idea at all where it might have come from. Unfortunately for me that means I am probably older than I […]
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Artists sought for Paint for Preservation
CAPE ELIZABETH — Artist submissions for the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s 11th annual Paint for Preservation wet paint auctions are due by Friday, March 16. Paint for Preservation will be held Sunday, July 1. From June 29 to July 1, selected artists will paint en plein-air at designated public and private locations chosen to highlight Cape Elizabeth’s natural […]