Put library expansion on ballot To the editor, The Scarborough Town Council SHOULD put the “Scarborough Library Expansion Bond” on the November ballot and let the people decide. I have been a citizen in Scarborough for 40+ years, have used the library numerous times and know the staff there fairly well. I have done the […]
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Summerfest is Friday, Aug. 19
Come celebrate the conclusion of a great summer with family, friends, and neighbors at Scarborough’s 26th Annual Summerfest event. Set for Friday, August 19, festivities will begin at 5 p.m. on the Clifford Mitchell Sports Complex by the high school. Scarborough Community Services has been working hard all year long to add great new offerings […]
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Scarborough Land Trust hosts summer series
The Scarborough Land Trust is hosting a summer series in collaboration with Friends of Scarborough Marsh this month. The first session of the series took place Wednesday and focused on the importance of freshwater streams as well as finding and learning about critters that live in water. The series’ second session, which will take place […]
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Scarborough resident honored for domestic violence advocacy
Mary Lou Smith of Scarborough has been named Volunteer of the Year by The Purple Ribbon Awards, sponsored by Theresa’s Fund/DomesticShelters.org to honors domestic violence advocates, programs, shelters and survivors nationwide. Smith is being honored for her work with “Finding Our Voices, a nonprofit group of domestic abuse survivors with the goal of breaking the […]
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Southern Meetings: Aug. 12-19
Cape Elizabeth Tues. 8/16 7 p.m. Planning Board Town Hall Wed. 8/17 6:30 p.m. School Board Building Oversight Committee Zoom Thur. 8/18 6:30 p.m. School Board-District Planning Team Zoom Thur. 8/18 7 p.m. Energy Committee TH Scarborough Mon. 8/15 8 a.m. Sustainability Committee Town Hall/Zoom Mon. 8/15 6 p.m. Conservation Commission Town Hall/Zoom Tues. 8/16 […]
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Scarborough Town Council to decide whether to put library expansion project on the ballot
The Town Council will vote Aug. 17 on whether to put the project on the November ballot.
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Councilor Corner: It’s time to move forward on managing growth
On July 13, the Town Council held a workshop to review the draft terms of a GMO exemption for The Downs. The town manager, in consultation with council chair and vice chair, was charged to negotiate with the Downs to establish mutually agreeable terms that could allow for an exemption to the Growth Management Ordinance […]
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Scarborough’s Summerfest 2022 back in full force this year
This is a family friendly event is full of activities, music, food and more.
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Letters to the editor, Aug. 5
Put library expansion bond on ballot To the editor, I’d like to comment on the proposed library expansion, which I urge our Town Council to put on the ballot this November. There are some who want to wait and put the library expansion, school consolidation and community rec center together in a bundle. While I […]
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Local surf spot under threat from climate change, national group says
But local surfers say other human threats, like overcrowding and lack of beach access, pose bigger threat to Higgins Beach in Scarborough.