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Southern Meetings: March 29-April 4

Cape Elizabeth Mon.  4/1  7:30 a.m.  School Board Policy Committee  TH Tues.  4/2  7 p.m.  Planning Board  TH Thur.  4/4  7 p.m.  Recycling Committee PW Scarborough

Community •
Friday, March 29, 2013

Abundance of all stars this winter

The stars of winter shone brightly and their impact continues to be felt on postseason all-star teams. Whether the sport was basketball, hockey, indoor track, swimming or skiing, athletes from Forecaster Country rose above and earned their du...

Michael Hoffer • Sports •
Friday, March 29, 2013

Barbara J. Sawyer, 72: Beloved nursing assistant with thousands of children

SCARBOROUGH — Barbara J. Sawyer, 72, of Scarborough, died peacefully of end-stage liver disease at her home on March 18, her birthday. Sawyer was born in 1941 at Mercy Hospital in Portland, to Edward Knight Bayley and Bertha Leslie (McDonald) Bayley. She grew up in the Pine Poin...

Obituaries •
Friday, March 29, 2013

Retiring Scarborough assessor leaves a wealth of enjoyment behind

Lesperance

David Harry • News •
Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 10:20 am

Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: March 29

Arrests 3/22 at 7:20 p.m. Ryan W. Cash, 40, of Sawyer Road, was arrested on Sawyer Road by Officer Ben Davis on a warrant. 3/24 at 5:02 p.m. Sonny Ray Rich, 23, of Brook Road, Falmouth, was arrested on Shore Road by Sgt. Kevin Kennedy on a charge ...

Police Beat •
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Scarborough Police Beat: March 29

Arrests 3/18 at 5:58 p.m. Andrew J. Warren, 26, of Seavey Street, Westbrook, was arrested on Gallery Boulevard by Officer Scott Vaughan on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking. 3/18 at 5:58 p.m. Hope M. Champagne, 24, of Portland, was arrested...

Police Beat •
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Federal aid coming to dredge Scarborough River

SCARBOROUGH — A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to dredge the Scarborough River could begin this fall, according to a joint news release from U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine. The senators said $3.5 million for the work is available from the federal Sup...

News •
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 2:30 pm

Counting on a miracle: Cape Elizabeth couple battle economy, cancer

CAPE ELIZABETH — Greg Bokor walked around his kitchen searching for something in the pantry while quietly listening to his wife Maggie describe the past few tumultuous years of their lives – wrecked by the recession, compounded by terminal illness. Maggie explained they mo...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 2:20 pm

New citizens welcomed by Scarborough students

Wentworth School fifth-grader Ava McDonald, left, welcomes Rwanda native Igihozo Clarisse Uwimana as a new U.S. citizen March 22 in a naturalization ceremony at Scarborough High School. Uwimana, of Westbrook, was one of 57 people from 36 countries who took the oath of citizenship.

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 1:00 pm

Federal aid little relief for southern Maine budgets buried by snow

PORTLAND — Federal aid is on the way to municipalities in four Maine counties hit by a February blizzard. The immensity of the Feb. 8 storm stretched public works winter operations budgets thin, with many towns now operating on reserves. A survey of cities and towns in souther...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 9:10 am
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