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News in South Portland

South Portland High School graduate remembered as kind, ambitious

SOUTH PORTLAND — Kim Lim, a 2010 South Portland High School graduate and University of Southern Maine junior, died April 28 in a hiking accident in the Philippines. In a news release, USM President Theodora Kalikow said Lim, 20, was studying at Sogang University in South Korea. He we...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 11:20 am

South Portland councilors call for 1st hearing on 'nuisance' properties

SOUTH PORTLAND — A Thornton Heights homeowner said he is working hard to clean up his Wythburn Road yard and complete home renovations, but he will have to present his case to the City Council at a June 3 public hearing. Craig A. Patterson, 53, of 119 Wythburn Road, became the first ...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 10:10 am

Kaler community responds: State grade 'blatantly not reflective' of South Portland school

Kaler Elementary School fifth-grader Chelsea Morin explains an ecosystem food chain at "Kalerbration" last week in South Portland. The event highlighted the school's project-based learning methods, and coincided with the state's release of a public school report card that gave the school a failin...

David Harry • News •
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 9:30 am

South Portland Police Beat: May 10

Arrests 4/27 at 3:24 a.m. Ha Luong, 55, of South Portland, was arrested on Lawn Avenue by Officer Jeff Levesque on charges of aggravated assault and domestic violence criminal threatening. 4/27 at 4:49 p.m. A 16-year-old male, of South Portland, w...

Police Beat •
Thursday, May 9, 2013

Bug Light kite fest takes flight May 18

SOUTH PORTLAND — The fourth annual Bug Light Kite Festival will fill the skies over Bug Light Park from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 18. Members of Noreasters Kite Club and Kites Over New England will also hold a workshop and help with kite assembly and repairs. Kites will be so...

News •
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 11:10 am

'Bark for Life' coming to South Portland

SOUTH PORTLAND — The fight against cancer will be waged on two and four legs from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the first American Cancer Society Bark for Life at Bug Light Park. The noncompetitive dog...

News •
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 11:10 am

Preschool registration set for S.P. schools

SOUTH PORTLAND — Parents of children in neighborhoods served by Waldo T. Skillin and Frank I. Brown elementary schools can learn more about and register for preschool programs at a 6-7 p.m. meeting at the Opportunity Alliance, 50 Lydia Lane, in Brick Hill, on May 16. For more informa...

News •
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 11:10 am

People and Business

Recognition The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine honored Portland resident and Forecaster columnist Orlando Delogu with the 25th annual Justice Louis Scolnik Award. In a distinguished career at the University of Maine School of Law spanning over 47 years, Delogu has been a pa...

Community •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Arts Calendar: May 8

Greater Portland Books & Authors Friday 5/10 Barbara Damrosch: “The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook,” 12 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-23...

Lifestyle •
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Unsung Heroes: Scarborough Alzheimer's caregivers Tim Osgood, Kelly Labbe

SCARBOROUGH — Chances are you know someone with Alzheimer's disease. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and one in eight older Americans has the disease. Indeed, Alzheimer’s is the only cause of death among the top 10 in the U.S. that canno...

David Treadwell • News •
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 2:40 pm
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