SCARBOROUGH — The Risbara and Michaud brothers are successful local businessmen and longtime friends who grew up in town and raised families here. Scarborough Downs is a failing harness-racing venue that more than a dozen would-be developers, most from out of town, have failed to rescue or reinvent in recent years. So when the brothers purchased […]
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Scarborough cancels football game because of concerns over hand, foot and mouth disease
Scarborough High officials announced that Friday’s homecoming football game against Massabesic has been called off because of concerns over hand, foot and mouth disease. In a letter sent to parents, students and community members on Thursday night, Scarborough officials said Massabesic High has reported cases of coxsackievirus, which causes hand, foot and mouth disease. The […]
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Maria Parisi
SCARBOROUGH — Maria Parisi, 87, a resident of Barker Mill Arms Apartments in Auburn, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, July 21, at the Gosnel Hospice in Scarborough. She was born April 18, 1931, in Rome, Italy, the daughter of Antonio Parisi. Maria was well-known for walking around her neighborhood. She was very social and loved to stop […]
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Horace T. Moody Jr.
SCARBOROUGH — Horace True Moody Jr., 94, of Turner died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. His health had been declining for about the past six months. Horace was born Nov. 12, 1923, in Lowell, Mass., the first child of Horace T. and Elsie (Perry) Moody Sr. When he was […]
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Officials consider tax break for Scarborough Downs redevelopment
Scarborough town officials are considering a proposed credit enhancement agreement to support the redevelopment of Scarborough Downs that would return as much as $75 million in property taxes to the developers over 30 years. The developers say the financing is necessary to realize the town’s goal to turn the nearly 500-acre property into a long-desired […]
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MTA approves $140M plan to widen 5 miles of highway in Portland area
The Maine Turnpike Authority will move quickly to widen part of the four-lane highway in the Portland area. The authority’s board of directors on Thursday approved a scaled-back plan to add a travel lane in each direction to about 5 miles of the turnpike, which is Interstate 95, from Scarborough to about a mile beyond […]
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Corvette Club planning ride, dinner
Members of the Mid Maine Vettes Corvette Club gather at the K-mart parking lot in Auburn for their August outing to Maurice’s Restaurant in South Paris. From left are Connie Kell, Karen Dan, Pauline Therrien, Dick Therrien and Michelle Kary. The next dinner outing is to the ClamBake restaurant at Pine Point in Scarborough on […]
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Scarborough students’ mini sailboat crosses Atlantic a second time
SCARBOROUGH — A miniature sailboat sponsored by Scarborough students has twice traversed the Atlantic, most recently landing in Sussex, England. The School Department’s 5-foot sailboat, called Red Storm, was deployed in May from Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship, the State of Maine, on its voyage to Spain. The launch is part of a program run […]
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Man set himself, trailer on fire in Scarborough, police say
SCARBOROUGH (WGME) — A man has been hospitalized after Scarborough police say he set himself and a trailer on fire Tuesday night. Police say they received a call around 9:30 p.m. about a 27-year-old man with a gun. The Scarborough police chief says when officers arrived the man refused to comply and went into the […]
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Decades of chemical pollution suspected in Maine’s seal die-off
As the number of dead and stranded seals washing up on southern Maine beaches rises by the day, researchers are linking the sudden die-off to decades of chemical pollution that made the seal population vulnerable to toxins and disease. “We don’t think there is any possibility that these animals are biologically healthy,” said Susan Shaw, […]