SCARBOROUGH—Local taxpayer watchdog group Scarborough Maine Advocates for Reasonable Taxes is urging voters to reject the town’s $53.3 million school budget at the polls on July 14. The group said the town should not support a budget that leads to any kind of increase for taxpayers. If the public approves the school budget at the […]
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Cape, SoPotland, Scarborough voters to decide on school budget, Democratic primaries
CUMBERLAND COUNTY — Voters in Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough and South Portland will be at the polls on July 14 to decide a number of local and state issues, including school budgets and two primary races for state legislative seats. Officials in all three communities have said they are processing far more absentee ballots this year, […]
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Cape, Scarborough and So. Portland to form new parish
SCARBOROUGH—The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has announced it is merging three parishes into the new St. John Paul II Parish, effective July 1. The parish will encompass St. Bartholomew Parish in Cape Elizabeth, St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Scarborough and St. John and Holy Cross Parish in South Portland. Monsignor Paul Stefanko, who already […]
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Wentworth School gets Common Sense recognition
SCARBOROUGH—The national nonprofit organization Common Sense, which helps children work with media and technology, has recognized Scarborough’s Wentworth School as a Common Sense School. The organization said in a prepared release that the school “has demonstrated its commitment to taking a whole-community approach to preparing its students to think critically and use technology responsibly to […]
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Scarborough settles abatement over Oak Hill Plaza, business properties
SCARBOROUGH—The town of Scarborough has agreed to settle and pay a $125,000 abatement to a collection of companies, including Oak Hill Holdings, the company that owns and manages Oak Hill Plaza, adjacent to Route 1. The town settled with nine different companies – Oak Hill Holdings, JDR Trust II, Oaks LLC, West Oaks LLC, Meadow […]
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Budding Scarborough entrepreneurs cleaning up in bid to give back
Two Scarborough girls are turning a consequence of the coronavirus into a source of funds to donate to a local church and hospital.
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Cape E. to reopen Fort Williams Park
With Gov. Janet Mills beginning to relax restrictions on public activity, the town council has decided to open the park on May 11.
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Scarborough complex within voters’ price cap, virus delays open house
The new public safety complex is slightly over budget, but the town won’t need to borrow more than the $19.5 million limit set by voters in a Nov. 2017 referendum.
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Scarborough’s Manfra to play lacrosse at Simmons
Scarborough senior Leah Manfra smiles after her celebratory signing Thursday to play lacrosse next year at Simmons University in Boston. The Sharks play in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
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Local schools stay shuttered until June, virtual learning continues
As the end of the school year approaches, administrators in South Portland, Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth have all decided to keep students and staff on a virtual schedule for the remainder of the school year, and are now turning to the difficult challenge of end-of-year assessments.