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Southern School Notebook

Second-quarter honor roll, Mahoney Middle School Grade 6, high honors: Mitchell Adams, Nicholas Allen, Phoebe Allen, Isabela Cloutier, Lavinia Dube, Eli Falconer, Ian Farm, Grace Flaherty, Joshua Frank, Margaret Herrick, Jena Leckie, Jackson Li...

Community •
Friday, February 22, 2013

Plan for apartments gets boost from Scarborough council

SCARBOROUGH — Town councilors approved a zoning change Wednesday that will allow development of rental apartments near Dunstan Corner. By a 4-1 vote, with Councilor Ed Blaise opposed and Councilors Ron Ahlquist and Kate St. Clair absent, 3 1/4 acres between U.S. Route 1 and Orchard S...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 9:50 am

Scarborough business 'shepherd' Rosenfeld ready to retire

Harvey Rosenfeld

David Harry • News •
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 8:30 am

Scarborough Police Beat: Feb. 22

Arrests 2/11 at 1:28 p.m. Scott E. Flint, 36, of Skillings Street, South Portland, was arrested on Gorham Road by Officer Ian Theriault on an outstanding warrant from another agency. 2/14 at 6:05 p.m. Robert J. Silvia, 47, no address listed, of We...

Police Beat •
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: Feb. 22

Arrests 2/13 at 10:01 a.m. William A. Weyrauch, 62, of Crescent View Avenue, was arrested on Crescent View Avenue by Officer David Webster on a warrant. Summonses 2/12 at 4:20 p.m. Helen Muther, 55, of Portland, was issued a summons on Ro...

Police Beat •
Thursday, February 21, 2013

UPDATE: Talks to extend Crescent Beach lease in Cape Elizabeth hinge on action by Legislature

Update: State lawmakers passed the supplemental budget Thursday and removed language seen as restrictive to the Crescent Beach State Park lease negotiations. The passed budget allows the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Conservation to complete a lease agreement for the park with the S...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 3:20 pm

Scarborough benefit concert rescheduled

SCARBOROUGH — The Opus One big-band concert to benefit a Scarborough High School chorus trip to New York has been rescheduled to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Winslow Homer Auditorium at the school. The chorus has been invited to compete in the All Gold competition in New York in...

News •
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 9:50 am

Parents seek 'silver lining' after trial on Falmouth party

FALMOUTH — The parents accused of allowing minors to possess or consume alcohol in a party at their home last year said they hope to resume normal lives after settling the charges against them. “We’ve been through a horror, a nightmare, since last June,” Paula ...

Amber Cronin • News •
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Forecaster Forum: 'We were very naive and ill-equipped to handle the situation'

We are grateful for this opportunity to address our community about the dangers of teenage drinking and the legal ramifications for adults when teenagers drink in the home. We are in complete alignment with the Cumberland County district attorney's office regarding the hazards of underage ...

Barry and Paula Spencer • Opinion •
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

With attention on pope, Maine diocese goes without bishop

PORTLAND — When Pope Benedict XVI steps down as pontiff on Feb. 28 – the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years – he'll leave 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world in search of a new leader. That's a familiar predicament for Catholics in Portland and throughou...

William Hall • News •
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 8:20 am
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