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Cape Elizabeth institutes permit fee for short-term rentals

CAPE ELIZABETH — Three town councilors and School Board members took oaths of office Monday, followed by the Town Council moving quickly through a light agenda that included approving a fee for short-term rental home permits. The council unanimously elected Jim Walsh as chairman....

Will Graff • News •
Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:20 am

Scarborough Police Beat: Dec. 14

Arrests 12/3 at 1:01 p.m. Christopher A. Brink, 29, of Superior Drive, Caribou, was arrested on Payne Road by Officer Andrew Flynn on an outstanding warrant from another agency and charges of unlawful possession of a scheduled drug, sale and use of drug paraphernalia and...

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: Dec. 14

Arrests No arrests were reported from Dec. 4-10. Summonses 12/6 at 4:47 p.m. Michael Pflieger, 51, of Standish, was issued a summons on Spurwink Avenue by Officer Jeffrey Gaudette on a charge of criminal trespassing (while hunting). 12/6 at...

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Boy, 14, charged with gross sexual assault in Cape Elizabeth

CAPE ELIZABETH — Police have charged a 14-year-old boy with gross sexual assault, a Class A offense. The teenager allegedly sexually assaulted another minor under 12 years old. He was arrested and has been turned over to juvenile corrections, where he is in custody, police Capt. Bren...

Will Graff • News •
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 1:20 pm

Comic relief

Dayton resident Melanie Sughrue donates to a Salvation Army kettle outside the Christmas Tree Shops in South Portland last Friday afternoon as comics Bob Marley, center, and Tim Sample thank her for her contribution. Marley and Sample pitched in to rings bells outside the store and help the Salva...

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 11:50 am

Homeless student transportation strains school budgets

PORTLAND — It's a scene vividly described last month by South Portland School Superintendent Suzanne Godin. "If you go out on I-295 between 7 and 7:15 a.m., you will see lines of school buses heading north," Godin said during a joint workshop of city councilors and school board membe...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 10:20 am

Community Calendar: Dec. 12-23

Greater Portland Benefits Greely Hockey Boosters, raffle fundraiser, drawing Jan.1 at Dudley Cup Tournament, tickets $10 each or 3 for $20, 831-9014. Bulletin Board

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Arts Calendar: Dec. 12-23

Greater Portland Auditions & Calls for Art Portland Children's Festival is seeking entries to the Young Filmmakers Contest, April 4-7, 2013, open to students in kindergarten through high school from Portland and surrounding comm...

• Lifestyle •
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Out & About: Monster and magician top holiday fare

Holiday A&E fare takes some unusual forms this week. Most intriguing is an original play, “The Legend of the Golem,” written by longtime Portland theater activist Michael Levine. The Golem is a benevolent monster-like creature who saved thousands of Jews in 16th-century Eur...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 2:30 pm
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