SOUTH PORTLAND — South Portland City Hall closed last week due to a frozen coil that caused water to flow into several departments. Several of the offices may be out of service for more than a month. The water leak was attributed to a frozen coil inside an air handler unit. Once the coil […]
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Scarborough’s first unified basketball team courts all players
The program is part of a larger effort to use sports to foster a better, more inclusive school environment.
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Scarborough Police Beat: June 21
Arrests 6/10 at 1:03 a.m. Keith F. Collins, 50, of Saugus, Massachusetts, was arrested on Payne Road by Officer Aaron Erickson on a charge of operating under the influence. 6/10 at 11:36 p.m. Monica F. Williams, 36, address not listed, Biddeford, was arrested on U.S. Route 1 by Officer Benjamin Landry on charges of failure to […]
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Scarborough, Saco eye Route 1 safety, access improvements
SCARBOROUGH — The town and the city of Saco are hoping to make U.S. Route 1 safer and more accessible are presenting draft recommendations to the public. The two communities partnered with the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System to complete a study that helped determine some of the recommendations. Planning began in late 2018 and […]
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Scarborough library to recall events of 1968
SCARBOROUGH — The public library at 48 Gorham Road will commemorate 1968 and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the Apollo 11 moon landing and the Woodstock music festival with a free Retro Summer documentary film series. On June 25 at 6:30 p.m., the library will screen “Stonewall Uprising,” a film about the events […]
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Hospice launches new Scarborough center
SCARBOROUGH — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins delivered remarks at the groundbreaking of a nearly $6 million, 14,550-square-foot hospice center on June 13, praising the importance of the new space as the demand for end-of-life services in Maine increases. According to a June 14 press release, the space at 390 U.S. Route 1 will serve as […]
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Overnight closures on Interstate 295 in Falmouth
FALMOUTH — Both directions of Interstate 295 between Exit 9 and Exit 10 will be closed for four hours each morning through Thursday, June 20. The Maine Department of Transportation said detours will be in effect from 1-5 a.m. because of construction at the Lunt Road overpass. Partial lane closures will also take place all […]
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Scarborough Police Beat: June 14
Arrests 6/3 at 1:27 a.m. Kathleen M. Simpson, 53, of St. John Street, Portland, was arrested on Gallery Boulevard by Officer Aaron Erickson on charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, sale and use of drug paraphernalia, violating conditions of release and an outstanding warrant from another agency. 6/4 at 2:08 a.m. Samuel Estrada, 28, of Bridge Street, […]
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Scarborough Police Department receives grant for Operation HOPE aide
SCARBOROUGH — A recent grant awarded to Operation HOPE will take some weight off the shoulders of Police Chief Robert Moulton and his colleagues. “Operation HOPE takes up a lot of our time, and we can’t sustain this in its present form,” Moulton said. “This is a public health issue that needs to be addressed on a […]
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Scarborough school budget breezes, Cloutier squeaks in
SCARBOROUGH — For the first time in recent history, voters overwhelmingly approved the school budget. The School Department’s $56 million budget passed by a margin of almost 3-1 Tuesday, 1,814 to 644. Residents also elected John Cloutier to fill the remaining half of a three-year Town Council term that expires in November 2020. Former Councilor […]