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News in Scarborough/Cape Elizabeth

Cape Elizabeth Town Council sets April 29 budget hearing

CAPE ELIZABETH — After the School Board presented its proposed fiscal 2014 spending plan April 10, the Town Council set the public hearing schedule for the combined $33.2 million municipal and school budgets. The council will hold a public hearing and vote on budget adoption April 29...

Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: April 19

Arrests 4/11 at 1:40 p.m. Sean M. Baker, 31, of Sewall Street, Portland, was arrested on Surf Road by Officer Jeffery Gaudette on charges of operating after suspension and violating conditions of release. Summonses 4/13 at 5:36 p.m. Jonat...

Scarborough Police Beat: April 19

Arrests 4/8 at 3:16 p.m. Meadow I. Collins-Bassford, 19, of Latham Street, South Portland, was arrested on Gallery Boulevard by Officer Joshua Guay on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking. 4/8 at 6:26 p.m. Kevin L. Klodzinski, 35, of Hearn Roa...

Longtime marathon starter from Yarmouth: 'Perfect day' turns tragic

YARMOUTH — Rosalie Baker-Brown fired the starting gun at the Boston Marathon on Monday, something she's done many times since the mid-1990s. Now 85, Baker-Brown has been intimately involved in the race for decades. She grew up in Hopkinton, Mass., where the marathon begins, and marri...

Museums mark Maine's 'special connection' to Civil War

PORTLAND — The Civil War may seem the dusty stuff of history textbooks. But 152 years after it began the impact of the war is felt even today. The country has been marking the 150th anniversary of the war since 2011. But much of the remembrance is taking place this year, the sesquice...

People & Business

Events The Portland Regional Chamber is presenting its annual Greater Portland Business Expo April 24 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Expo and educational seminars are free and open to the public. Admission to the keynote ...

Arts Calendar, April 17-30

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 4/17 “A Poet’s Sourcebook,” Dawn Potter, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 723. Satur...

Community Calendar, April 17-30

Greater Portland Benefits Thursday 4/25 Faculty Talent Show and Silent Auction, 5:15-8 p.m., King Middle School, 92 Deering Ave., Portland, 874-8140. Friday 4/26 ...

UPDATE: Mainers describe 'surreal' scene after Boston Marathon blasts

BOSTON — Two bombs exploded on packed streets Monday near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, something a Mainer who witnessed the explosions described as "surreal" and "like a movie." Casey Pola, a graduate of Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham who now works on and lives near Boy...

Southwest Airlines launches Portland service

PORTLAND — Southwest Airlines marked the start of service at Portland International Jetport with a news conference Monday morning, and celebrated by flying a young girl and her family to San Diego as a charitable gift through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. "Having Southwest service in g...