SCARBOROUGH — Scarborough High School Principal David Creech has rescinded a resignation his attorney says was forced by the superintendent of schools for unknown reasons. Creech said he wants to keep his job as hundreds of students and parents gathered to protested his removal Monday morning. Creech submitted his resignation Feb. 16, a day after […]
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AA South boys' final: Scarborough wins first regional basketball title
PORTLAND — Phil Conley walked into the Scarborough High’s boys’ basketball team’s locker room and let out a yell: “Are you kidding me?” And the celebration began with a roar. Finally, Scarborough is playing in a boys’ basketball state championship game. The top-ranked Red Storm used near-perfect foul shooting in the fourth quarter to pull […]
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Gorham girls keep rolling, reach AA state title game by routing Scarborough
Mackenzie Holmes, center, and Gorham teammates celebrate after defeating Scarborough. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — Back in early January, when asked how his Gorham High girls’ basketball team was handling a four-game losing streak, Laughn Berthiaume responded that the only streak that mattered was at the end of the year, in Portland, where the […]
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Police seek person who shot and killed Ava, a pregnant goat, at Smiling Hill Farm
Scarborough police are investigating the shooting of a pregnant goat at a local family-owned dairy farm that has welcomed the public onto its property for decades. In a message posted Thursday afternoon on its Facebook page, the police department said someone trespassed onto the property of Smiling Hill Farm and Hillside Lumber last weekend and […]
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Scarborough in uproar following high school principal's 'forced' resignation
Scarborough High School Principal David Creech submitted his resignation suddenly and without giving a public reason on Friday amid an intensifying community dispute over new school start times that are set to take effect in the fall. Creech’s action followed a heated Board of Education meeting on Thursday, when the Scarborough Education Association issued a […]
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Carl E. Damon Jr.
SCARBOROUGH — Carl Edwin Damon Jr., 88, of Scarborough (and formerly of Poland), died peacefully Monday, Feb. 5, surrounded by family, at Maine Veterans’ Homes. He was born Dec. 7, 1929, in Lewiston, a son of the late Carl and Fabiola (Desjardins) Damon Sr. He attended local schools, including Edward Little High School. He later attended […]
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Scarborough, abutters reach agreement on beach access path
SCARBOROUGH — Following two years of debate, the town and owners of Avenue 2, a beach access path since the 19th century, have come to a preliminary agreement that preserves public access to Pine Point Beach. Under the agreement, the town will relinquish its rights to the property. Town Council Chairman William Donovan said the agreement […]
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Girls’ hockey: Red Hornets can’t overcome a slow start in a loss to Scarborough
LEWISTON — The winds came out of the Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland girls’ hockey team’s sails early in a 8-1 loss to Scarborough on Saturday afternoon at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. The Red Hornets (4-10-1) got a power play nearly 30 seconds into the game, but couldn’t manage much offense as Scarborough suffocated them on the penalty […]
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Scarborough's Owen Garrard selected as Fitzpatrick Trophy winner
Owen Garrand of Scarborough was named the Fitzpatrick Trophy winner Sunday at Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland. (Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald Photo) PORTLAND — As he did on so many scoring drives, Owen Garrard put the finishing touch Sunday on the greatest season in Scarborough High football history. Garrard was named the 47th […]
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Girls' hockey: Lutrzykowski, St. Dom's speed past Scarborough
St. Dominic’s Avery Lutrzykowski keeps the puck out of reach of Scarborough’s Katie Loisel during Monday evening’s game in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Avery Lutrzykowski started off Monday’s game doing something bad, but after that it was all good for the St. Dominic Academy junior. Shortly after finishing her time in the penalty […]