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News in Scarborough/Cape Elizabeth

Scarborough Downs gambles again on racino at heart of new town center

SCARBOROUGH — If Scarborough Downs has its way, residents will be voting again on whether to allow a racino in town. The Planning Board now has the language and maps necessary to rezone more than 450 acres owned by Scarborough Downs, passed along after a 6-0 Town Council vote Wednesd...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 10:20 am

Arbitrator reinstates Cumberland County sheriff's detective who filed whistleblower lawsuit

SOUTH PORTLAND — An independent arbitrator has reinstated Gerard Brady, a city resident and deputy with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, as a detective in the department. Brady filed a union grievance against Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce, and a

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 8:50 am

Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: May 17

Arrests 5/7 at 7:32 p.m. Joshua A. Dobson, 32, of Lincoln Street, Portland, was arrested on Shore Road by Officer Ben Davis on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. 5/8 at 7:39 p.m. Daniel J. McHugh, 24, of Pine Ridge Road, wa...

Police Beat •
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Scarborough Police Beat: May 17

Arrests 5/8 at 12:56 a.m. James D. Wright, 22, of Foxwell Drive, was arrested at Route 1 and Little Dolphin Drive by Officer Cody Lounder on charges of violating conditions of release and refusing to submit to arrest. 5/8 at 12:23 p.m. Frederick H...

Police Beat •
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Maine decision on school computers fits local districts

SOUTH PORTLAND — While not the outcome local school technology directors expected, an April 27 Maine Department of Education decision about which computing devices to provide to middle and high school studen...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 1:40 pm

'No way to avoid services, programs' after Scarborough school budget fails

SCARBOROUGH — The 10 percent of voters who cast ballots on the $39 million school budget for fiscal year 2014 were clear: it was too high and they didn't want it. Tuesday's 898-643 vote showed 58 percent of voters against the budget...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6:10 am

Cape Elizabeth voters overwhelmingly approve school budget

CAPE ELIZABETH — Voters approved the school budget by a wide margin in a referendum Tuesday, despite a push by some parents to reject the budget out of opposition to a 

Noah Hurowitz • News •
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 10:50 pm

State battles winter moth with parasitic flies in Harpswell, Cape Elizabeth

HARPSWELL — Over the next few months, two Maine communities will become the battlegrounds in the war against insects. The state last week introduced hundreds of parasitic flies in Harpswell and Cape Elizabeth, in an attempt to decimate the winter moth, an invasive species that poses ...

Dylan Martin • News •
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 3:40 pm

People and Business

New Hires, Promotions and Appointments Michael Wood joined R.M. Davis, a Portland-based wealth management firm, as vice president and portfolio manager. Falmouth resident Tom Nash, the director of Windham Raymond Adult Education, was elected as president of the board of directors ...

Community •
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Arts Calendar: May 15-28

Greater Portland Books & Authors Wednesday 5/15 Eva Murray, author of "Island Schoolhouse," 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, free. Thursday 5/16

Lifestyle •
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:10 pm
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