Scarborough police are investigating the theft of a war marker from a 240-year-old grave at Black Point Cemetery. The marker from the Society of Colonial Wars was removed from next to the headstone of John Fogg, who died on Oct. 12, 1778, at age 49. Fogg was a war veteran. The stolen marker is a […]
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Scarborough police looking for suspects who drove away equipment from John Deere dealer
The operators of Chad Little Outdoor Power Equipment in Scarborough took to Facebook this week looking for help identifying two men who allegedly stole a lawn mower and a John Deere Gator utility vehicle Sunday night. According to the company, two visitors walked around the business for several minutes and looked at Walker mowers. Around […]
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Crash on turnpike backs up traffic for miles between Scarborough and Saco
A crash on the Maine Turnpike in Scarborough caused significant traffic delays Tuesday morning. The multi-vehicle crash was reported before 8 a.m. near Mile 40 northbound, between the Saco and Scarborough exits. Traffic backed up for at least six miles while first responders responded to the crash. The crash scene was cleared by about 9:15 […]
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By wide margins, Scarborough voters oust 3 school board members
SCARBOROUGH — The town’s voters decided overwhelmingly Tuesday to remove three school board members from office in the town’s first-ever recall election after months of controversy involving the superintendent and the high school principal. Turnout was steady and strong throughout the day, and ballots were hand-counted well after midnight, with about two-thirds of voters deciding […]
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Judy M. Hasey
SCARBOROUGH — Judy Marilyn Hasey, 76, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 3. She died of complications from a high-risk vascular surgery. She was born in Greenville on June 13, 1941, to Harry Everett Hasey and Pearl Thompson Hasey. Please see full obituary on Wilson Funeral Homes (Gray Maine) website, http://www.wilsonfhllc.com/. She spent her youth in Bangor […]
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Maria C. Amero
SCARBOROUGH — Maria C. Amero, 63, a resident of Canton, passed away Saturday, April 14, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, surrounded by her family. She was born Aug. 6, 1954, in Rumford, the daughter of Sheldon Campbell and Norma (Davis) Campbell. She was a graduate of Dirigo High School and the University of […]
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Scarborough schools shaken by an administrative cage fight
SCARBOROUGH — The turmoil erupted in February, when the well-liked high school principal suddenly resigned, then claimed he had been coerced by the superintendent and decided to fight for his job. Students, parents and teachers rose up in protest, organizing a campaign to keep the principal, remove three school board members and force the relatively […]
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Scarborough student’s suicide raises questions about school’s response to warning signs
The suicide of a Scarborough High School senior Friday has raised questions about how the school district handled concerns that Sam Mercer was contemplating taking his own life and what prevention policies it has to protect other students. Two days before Sam died, the Maine Legislature passed a resolve that will require school districts to […]
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Scarborough High School mourns death of student wrestler who overcame tough odds
Sam Mercer overcame seemingly impossible odds to make it to his senior year at Scarborough High School. He lost his left leg to an infection that required amputation when he was less than a month old in his native Ethiopia. His father put him in an orphanage when he was 6. His adoptive American parents […]
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Beverly Hill
SCARBOROUGH — Beverly Hill, 76, of Sandy River Plantation, died early Tuesday afternoon at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. She was born in Farmington, May 24, 1941, a daughter of John Errol and Dorothy (Brown) Haley, and received her education in Rangeley schools. She and her husband, Richard Hill, made their home in Pennsylvania […]