WATERVILLE — After losing to Skowhegan in the last two state Class A field hockey championship games, the frustration for the Scarborough High School Red Storm ended in dramatic fashion Saturday at Thomas College’s Bernatchez Field. Senior forward Kristen Murray scored off a penalty corner with only 2.1 seconds remaining in regulation to give the […]
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Alleged racist taunts mar Scarborough soccer match
SCARBOROUGH — Alleged racist language at a recent high school soccer game has prompted investigations by Scarborough and Portland school superintendents, both of whom denounced the behavior. Parents and others charge that racial slurs and insults were directed toward members of the Deering High School boys’ soccer team during an Oct. 7 game against home […]
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Student charged with having knives at Scarborough H.S.
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — A Scarborough High School student is facing charges after allegedly bringing two knives to school, including a spring-loaded switchblade. Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Germano was charged Tuesday after fellow students on a school bus told the driver they saw him sharpening a knife. The driver told school officials about the possibility of a knife. […]
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Maine Connections Academy to enroll seven SAD 17 students
PARIS — SAD 17 officials expect to pay between $49,000 and $63,000 or higher for seven students who have chosen to attend the Maine Connections Academy this year. The opening of Maine’s first online charter school in August left school officials across the state in limbo as they awaited to hear how many of their […]
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Scarborough fire: Commercial building destroyed
SCARBOROUGH — A three-alarm blaze has caused extensive damage to a commercial building in Scarborough that houses more than a dozen businesses. Three firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion while battling the blaze at Scarborough Commons, which was reported at about 7:30 p.m. Monday. The blaze in the building on U.S. Route 1 was under […]
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Blue Lobster: Colorful crustacean caught in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH — A Maine lobsterman says he and his 14-year-old daughter caught a one-in-two-million crustacean: a blue lobster. WCSH-TV reports Jay LaPlante of the Miss Meghan Lobster Catch company caught the curious creature in Scarborough around 10:45 a.m. Saturday. LaPlante and daughter Meghan were hauling traps when she discovered the bright blue critter. The story […]
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Video shows car ramming back of doughnut shop in Scarborough
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Police say a car rammed a Scarborough doughnut shop apparently in an effort to rob it. Employees arriving for work at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Thursday morning found that the studs at the back of the building had been pushed in and the vinyl siding damaged. A review of security video showed […]
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Replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall arrives in Maine
SCARBOROUGH — A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. has arrived in Maine. The wall, which is 20 percent smaller than the original, arrived in Scarborough on Wednesday with a state police and motorcycle escort. It will be on display through Sunday. Vietnam veterans, honor guards and bagpipers will join together […]
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Man who drowned at campground from Portland
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Police say the man who drowned at a Scarborough campground over the weekend was from Portland. The victim of Sunday’s drowning at Wassamki Springs Campground was identified Monday as 45-year-old Giot Nguyen. Police say Nguyen, who had been drinking, tried to swim to a small island in the lake at the campground. […]
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Defendant who was stripped of right to attorney is convicted of robbery
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man who was stripped of the right to a court-appointed lawyer before being convicted of robbery is in a hurry to complete the case. Joshua Nisbet, who’s been jailed since July 2011, asked the judge to sentence him on the spot Thursday after a jury rejected his defense and convicted […]