News in South Portland

Southern Meetings: June 7-13

Cape Elizabeth Mon. 6/10 7 p.m. Town Council TH Tues. 6/11 7 p.m. School Board TH Tues. 6/11 7 p.m. Greenbelt Plan Public Forum FS Thur. 6/13 3:30 p.m. Library Planning Committee &nbs...

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Friday, June 7, 2013

South Portland council deadlocks on student computers, bond moves forward

SOUTH PORTLAND — The City Council may reconsider a Monday vote blocking the School Department purchase of iPads for high school students during a special workshop at 6 p.m., Monday, June 10 at the Community Center. By a 3-3 vote, with Councilor Al Livingston absent, councilors deadlo...

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Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 1:20 pm

South Portland group seeks to ban tar sands shipments

SOUTH PORTLAND — Definite plans to bring Canadian "tar sands" oil to the city are not in place. But an ordinance to ban storage of oil brought in by pipline or loading it onto tankers could be on the Nov. 5 city...

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Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm

Shelf remains bare in search for South Portland food pantry

SOUTH PORTLAND — In January, South Portland Food Cupboard Executive Director Sybil Riemensnider was facing increased demand from clients and the need to find a new home. Almost half a year later, the situation is increasingly dire after the cupboard served more people than ever last ...

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Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 12:30 pm

Cape explores options in gun club dispute

CAPE ELIZABETH — A lawyer may soon clarify the town's role in a long-running dispute between a shooting range and its neighbors. So far, the town has skirted any involvement in licensing or regulating the Spurwink Rod & Gun Club, which has been a fixture on Sawyer Road since the ...

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Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Nuisance property vote postponed in South Portland

SOUTH PORTLAND — While saying they were unhappy about eight years of construction work on Craig Patterson's Wythburn Road home, City Councilors on Monday decided to wait until at least July 1 before deciding if it is a public nuisance. The postponement of the order allows Patterson, ...

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Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 11:20 am

Torch is passed for Special Olympics

Kathy MacVane, widow of former South Portland Police Officer Peter MacVane, leads South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth police officers up Main Street in South Portland Wednesday as part of the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit Maine Special Olympics. Peter MacVane, a 3...

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Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 9:20 am

South Portland Police Beat: June 7

Arrests 5/26 at 12:39 a.m. Alexander C. Lefferts, 36, of Fitchburg, Mass., was arrested on the Casco Bay Bridge by Officer Kevin Sager on a charge of operating under the influence. 5/27 at 12:22 a.m. Shelley M. Mitchell, 45, of South Portland, was...

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

South Portland, Scarborough school budget votes next week

SOUTH PORTLAND — City and Scarborough residents can vote on their respective fiscal year 2014 school budgets from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. The South Portland referendum will be held at the Community Center, 21 Nelson Road. In Scarborough, the referendum – a sec...

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 3:30 pm

MDEA arrests alleged heroin dealer in highway stop

PORTLAND — A Bronx, N.Y., man is being held on $100,000 bail after his arrest on drug and weapons charges by Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents in South Portland on Saturday. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland said Wayman Sparrow, 22, was charged with aggrava...

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 8:10 am