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News in Scarborough/Cape Elizabeth

Unsung Hero: Gary Fogg of Topsham, maintaining trails and forging connections

TOPSHAM — Gary Fogg is a Renaissance man, and he believes that every citizen has a duty to be informed about history, government, religion and science. He’s a maverick who spent a year between high school and college working minimum-wage jobs and driving a 1967 Volkswagen bug a...

People and Business

Representatives from the Maine Red Cross Midcoast Chapter, serving part of Cumberland County and all of Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties, recently joined with the state's four additional chapters and representatives from the Maine Cr...

Tall tree wanted for Portland celebration

PORTLAND — If you're pining to get rid of a pine tree, furious at a back-yard fir, or eager to spruce up the city with a spruce, Portland's Downtown District wants to hear from you. The business development group is searching for a 40- to 60-foot-tall tree that will serv...

Cape Elizabeth Middle School principal resigns to lead RSU 60

CAPE ELIZABETH — The principal of Cape Elizabeth Middle School announced his resignation Friday, after accepting the superintendent of schools position in Regional School Unit 60. Steve Connolly said in his resignation letter that he will continue to work as principal until as late a...

Out & About: 'Rhinestone Cowboy' rides into the Portland sunset

It’s a busy week on the arts and entertainment front, with a varied menu that spotlights several formats and styles. The most newsworthy event is Glen Campbell’s Goodbye Tour, which visits Portland on Oct. 16. The multi-platinum country singer was diagnosed with Alzheimer&rsquo...

The Universal Notebook: The man with the dragonfly tattoo

Every once in awhile it occurs to me that I might like to do something entirely different with my life. I have wanted to be a writer since I was 13, but I had hoped to become a better writer than I am 50 years later. I somehow imagined I would be a major novelist by now, not just a local journali...

No Sugar Added: College is more memorable the 2nd time around

You know the saying, “time flies”? Well, the more mature I get (and I’m talking mature as measured by years on this planet, not as measured by my behavior), the more I do indeed believe that it’s going by not just at a quick trot, but at the equivalent of Mach 5. Th...

Letter: Support Millett in Senate District 7

Senate District 7 voters in South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and part of Scarborough are lucky to have a first-rate candidate like Rebecca Millett ready to stand up for us in Augusta. At a time when working families and the middle class are enduring one attack after another, Rebecca Millett is some...

Letter: Brunswick parent appreciates Sirocki

I am the mother of a special needs child, and had the unnerving task two years ago of testifying before the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services  on a complex and controversial medical issue. I have talked to many legislators before about my son's special medical needs and v...

Letter: Amused, confused by Beem's view of wealth

I'm both amused and confused by Edgar Allen Beem's recent column, "The rich vs. the rest of us." First, Mr. Beem seems to hold Mitt R...