Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Legions celebrate Memorial Day, but on a smaller scale
Members of two local American Legion posts honored the fallen over the Memorial Day weekend, but coronavirus concerns made for a smaller affair than usual.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Southern Meetings: May 29-June 5
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Old Orchard Beach reopens for sunbathing and general recreational use
The lifting of restrictions to combat COVID-19 also applies to Pine Point Beach in Scarborough.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Scarborough Town Hall opens for business
SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough Assistant Town Manager Larissa Crockett stood in front of the entrance to Town Hall Wednesday morning with a reusable mask over the lower half of her face and a box of disposable face masks tucked under her arm. Town Hall opened at 8 a.m. for the first time since March 17. It […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Business, Local & State, News, Scarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Abbott Laboratories plans expansion into Westbrook to boost production of virus test kits
The company, which now produces test kits in Scarborough, plans to employ as many as 470 workers at a second facility in the neighboring city.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Southern Meetings: May 22-29
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Campgrounds, restaurants sue to block Gov. Mills’ quarantine rules for out-of-staters
The businesses in Scarborough and Waterboro allege the 14-day quarantine amounts to an unconstitutional infringement on the right of people to travel freely from state to state.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
Trump confident in virus test made by company in Scarborough
Despite reports of false negatives, the president and his deputies have promoted the 15-minute Abbott Laboratories test as a ‘game changer’ and have been using it for weeks.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: My wife and I just gave away a small library. It hurt
Twenty-seven boxes later, a Scarborough native reflects on what was both ‘a depressing process’ and ‘a comforting review of our adult lives.’