News in South Portland

Alice May Gauvin Cyr, 76

SOUTH PORTLAND — Alice May Gauvin Cyr, 76, of South Portland, died Monday at her home. Born in Caribou to Marie Anna “Diana” Gauvin Tuttle, she was a 1954 graduate of Our Lady of the Mountains Academy in Gorham, N.H. She married John P.R. Cyr in 1955 and ...

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Friday, February 22, 2013

South Portland council OKs spending for road projects

SOUTH PORTLAND — Construction season will carry almost $50,000 in extra city expenses this year after city councilors Wednesday approved more funding to shift sewer manholes in three road construction projects. Maine Department of Transportation resurfacing work on Rumery and Dartmou...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 10:10 am

South Portland ticket amnesty to end

SOUTH PORTLAND — A two-month parking-ticket amnesty program ends next week. Drivers hoping to pay outstanding tickets without additional accrued penalties have until 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28. After the program ends, residents with outstanding parking tickets will have to pay th...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 8:00 am

South Portland Boy Scout earns heroism award

SOUTH PORTLAND — Rescuing two children in a hotel pool in New Jersey last July still does not seem like that big a deal to Parker Montano. "It is kind of weird knowing that I did that and that everyone is making a big deal out of it," Montano, 15, said. "In my mind, it was just the r...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 7:40 am

South Portland Police Beat: Feb. 22

Arrests 2/10 at 1:15 a.m. Abdi F. Ali, 24, of South Portland, was arrested on Western Avenue by Officer David Stailing on a charge of violating conditions of release. 2/10 at 1:15 a.m. Kelly A. Glendenning, 27, of Portland, was arrested on Western...

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Jennings tapped for South Portland development post

SOUTH PORTLAND — Expect Jon Jennings to give economic development in the city a full-court press. Jennings, 50, was named assistant city manager on Tuesday, with a specific task of spurring economic growth. He said he will bring his experience in sports, business and government to hi...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 3:00 pm

Final girder 'beamed up' at South Portland High School

SOUTH PORTLAND — "Topping out" is a tradition dating to Roman history, according to Steve Wilkins, project manager at PC Construction. It was repeated last week in a ceremony at South Portland High School, when a crew from Davis Erector Group hoisted a 24-foot steel flange beam about...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 11:30 am

3 sought in South Portland robbery of pizza delivery driver

SOUTH PORTLAND — Police are searching for three men suspected in an armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver the night of Feb. 16. Sgt. Steve Webster said the driver met a customer in a parking lot outside the Olde English Village apartments at 499 Westbrook St. around 10 p.m. While ...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 10:10 am

'Stuff the Bus' at Mill Creek Shaw's

SOUTH PORTLAND — Shoppers at Shaw's Supermarket on Waterman Drive are being asked to buy a little more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, and help "Stuff the Bus" for local food pantries. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Breakwater Daybreak of South Portland and Cape Elizabe...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 10:00 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 ...

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013