News in Scarborough/Cape Elizabeth

Planning Board to take up Scarborough Downs rezoning

SCARBOROUGH — Redevelopment ideas will get opinions, tweaks, and perhaps approval at the Planning Board meeting Monday, June 3. The first order of business will be proposed rezoning of the 450 acres of land owned by Scarborough Downs between U.S. Route 1, Payne Road and Haigis Parkwa...

David Harry • News •

Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 10:10 am

Cape Elizabeth council OKs funds for Shore Road sidewalk

CAPE ELIZABETH — The town is a step closer to linking existing sidewalks along Shore Road to create an unbroken walking path from the South Portland city line to the town center. The Town Council gave the go ahead at its May 13 meeting for funds to be allocated to the Shore Road...

Noah Hurowitz • News •

Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 10:00 am

Public urges councilors to back Scarborough school budget

SCARBOROUGH — A revised fiscal year 2014 school budget of no more than $38.8 million faces a June 5 council vote and June 11 public referendum after it was forwarded through a first reading at a special Town Council meeting Wednesday night. The revised budget, which cuts $54,000 from...

David Harry • News •

Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 8:10 am

Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: May 31

Arrests 5/24 at 11:45 p.m. Cynthia Rubinoff-Myers, 56, of Gerry Avenue, South Portland, was arrested on Ocean House Road by Officer Rory Diffin on a charge of operating under the influence. 5/26 at 5:55 p.m. Matthew L. Schaeffer, 42, of Woodmoor R...

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Scarborough Police Beat: May 31

Arrests 5/20 at 3:32 p.m. A 17-year-old male, of Scarborough, was arrested on Twilight Drive by Officer Andrew Flynn on charges of violating conditions of release and criminal mischief. 5/21 at 9:20 a.m. Nicholas J. Harriman, 20, of Smithwheel Dri...

Police Beat •

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Memorial Day in South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough

South Portland resident Kenneth Marston, who served in the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1968, reads names of deceased members of the military at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Mill Creek Park Service Monument in South Portland. The ceremony followed the city's annual parade on Broadway.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 2:40 pm

Cumberland County fires former detective who is suing sheriff

SOUTH PORTLAND — Gerard Brady, who is suing Cumberland County, Sheriff Kevin Joyce and Chief Deputy Naldo Gagnon, was fired from his job as a sheriff's deputy May 21 by Cumberland County Manager Peter Crichton. Jonathan Goodman, Brady's lawyer, said Crichton cited the union collectiv...

David Harry • News •

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 2:20 pm

People and Business

New Business The Massachusetts Library System hired Briggs Advertising, of Bath, to craft a new brand and communications plan. Briggs Advertising is a brand development and marketing communications firm working for local, regional and national businesses and nonprofits. New Hires...

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The Universal Notebook: Tax dodging, the great American pastime

One of the curious contradictions of life in these United States is the apparent acceptability of avoiding taxes. Taxes we avoid are taxes others must pay and, since the tax system is designed by and for the wealthy and corporations, it’s the rest of us who foot the bill for the tax ...

Edgar Allen Beem • Opinion •

Monday, May 27, 2013

Global Matters: More business is SWAT we need

I don’t care what anybody says, we absolutely love business in Maine. Really, we do. How else to explain the myriad organizations, agencies, initiatives and encounter groups dedicated to supporting every aspect of entrepreneurship and innovation? In Portland there&rsquo...

Perry B. Newman • Opinion •

Monday, May 27, 2013