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Everyone underway as winter season resumes

The new year has brought action for everyone, in all sports. Local athletes and teams continue to set the bar with plenty of challenges to come. Here's a glimpse: Boys' basketball The cream is rising to the top on the hardwood and so far on the boys' side, South Port...

Michael Hoffer • Sports •
Friday, January 11, 2013

Southern Meetings: Jan. 11-17

Cape Elizabeth Wed.    1/16    6:30 p.m.    Community Services Adv. Comm.    CECC Scarborough Mon.    1/14    6 p.m.    Pest Management Committee    MB

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Helen M. Arsenault, 84: Loved to travel and play bridge

SCARBOROUGH — Helen M. Arsenault, 84, died Jan. 6 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough with her family by her side. Arsenault was born Oct. 12, 1928, in Portland, a daughter of James and Diana Tanguay Mills. She was a 1947 graduate of South Portland High School, wher...

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Friday, January 11, 2013

South Portland Police Beat: Jan 11

Arrests 12/29 at 3:33 p.m. Dawn M. Ovitt, 55, of Cape Elizabeth, was arrested on Anthoine Street by Officer David Stailing on an outstanding local warrant. 12/29 at 5:47 p.m. Tara N. Gassett, 31, of South Portland, was arrested on Maine Mall Road ...

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

South Portland asks public about priorities for Wilkinson Park

SOUTH PORTLAND — Does the clubhouse at Wilkinson Park need a face-lift or a full-body reconstruction? Neighbors of the 112 New York Avenue park and the general public are invited to give their opinions to Parks and Recreation Director Rick Towle at a 6 p.m. forum on Jan. 16 at the Co...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 3:20 pm

South Portland City Council special election set for March 12

SOUTH PORTLAND — Nomination petitions for a March 12 special election to fill the District 1 City Council seat will be available at City Hall at 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14. Councilors approved the election date in a 30-minute council meeting on Monday, Jan. 7. Voters will elect a ...

David Harry • News •
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 2:50 pm

Advocates decry holes in safety net for Maine fishing industry

PORTLAND — Advocates said they were baffled when one of the first serious attempts at improving fishing industry safety was stripped down in an annual act passed quietly last month. The 

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9:40 am

Yarmouth legislators push statewide ranked-choice voting

AUGUSTA — So long, spoilers. That's the message two Yarmouth legislators hope to send with legislation aimed at eliminating the chances of electing statewide candidates with less than a majority vote. Freshman Rep. Janice Cooper, D-Yarmouth, and veteran legislator Sen. Dick Wo...

Will Graff • News •
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9:00 am

Maine radio news legend (and lousy car salesman) Mike Audet signs off

SCARBOROUGH — Mike Audet took a simple view of his career in broadcasting. "I went to work, I did my job, I came home,” he said upon retiring last month after more than 50 years on the air in Maine, Arizona and Connecticut. A Waterville native, Audet, 70, first step...

David Harry • News •
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 8:30 am

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