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News in Scarborough/Cape Elizabeth

Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: May 3

Arrests 4/23 at 12:30 a.m. Daniel A. Merrill, 27, of Grant Street, Portland, was arrested on Route 77 by Officer Aaron Webster on charges of operating under the influence and possession of marijuana. Summonses 4/23, no time reported. Sara...

Scarborough Police Beat: May 3

Arrests 4/22 at 7:01 p.m. Ryan P. Forest, 26, of Dartmouth Street, Biddeford, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Timothy Dalton on charges of operating with a suspended or revoked license and attaching false plates. 4/22 at 7:01 p.m. Brandon A. Pe...

Fort Williams vendor license still available

CAPE ELIZABETH — The fourth vendor permit at Fort Williams Park may go unfilled this year. No one applied for the permit when the town first advertised it in March, and the response was the same when the town re-posted the advertisement in April. Three other vendor licenses have been...

Cape Elizabeth budget, taxes increase 3.5%

CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council adopted a combined $33.2 million municipal, school and community services budget Monday night, and sent the school budget to a May 14 referendum. The $22.5 million school budget for fiscal 2014 was pressured by revenue losses and added costs from the...

Youth Court in Portland, Yarmouth aims to repair wrongs, not punish kids

YARMOUTH — A program in Maine is helping first-time juvenile offenders avoid the traditional justice system and repair any harm they've done to the community. The program, called Youth Court, is appearing around the country in an effort to provide what is known as "restorative" ...

People and Business

Recognition The Associated General Contractors of America awarded Freeport-based CPM Constructors with a 2013 Build America Award for new municipal and utility construction at AGC’s 94th annual convention March 7 in Palm Springs, Calif. CPM won for its construction o...

Arts Calendar, May 1-14

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 5/1 William Barry, author of "Maine: The Wilder Half of New England," 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, free.

Community Calendar: May 1

Greater Portland Benefits Friday 5/3 Achieve a Vision Beyond Your Sight, 7 p.m., Hannaford Lecture Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland, 475-7148, $10 suggested donation. Saturday 5/4

Out & About: Maia Sharp, Big Sandy top the bill

May arrives this week with a plethora of sunshine and flowers, plus an equal bounty of arts and entertainment. A superb singer-songwriter and a leading Americana-rockabilly band are two of the top offerings at Portland’s One Longfellow Square. First up is singer-songwriter Maia Sharp...

The Universal Notebook: It's nobody's fault but our own

As America attempts to come to terms with health-care reform, the national debt, immigration reform, climate change and the epidemic of gun violence, the fault lines that threaten a more perfect union are becoming pretty darn obvious. They run along cultural divides, geographic borders, philosoph...