SCARBOROUGH (AP) — An autopsy shows the shooting death of a 5-year-old Maine girl at her grandparents’ home was accidental: The child had picked up her father’s gun and shot herself in the head. The state medical examiner’s office released its results Wednesday on Elise Dorr, of Belfast, who died Monday. Police said the .45-caliber […]
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5-year-old girl dies after Scarborough shooting
SCARBOROUGH (AP) – Police say a 5-year-old girl has died after being shot at a home. Maine State Police say the shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Monday in Scarborough. Police say the 5-year-old was shot in a home where relatives live. The girl was taken to Maine Medical Center where she later died. No one […]
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Driver injured after crashing into Scarbrough gas pumps
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Police in Maine say a man has been hospitalized after driving through a busy intersection and crashing into gas pumps. The Portland Press Herald reports the crash occurred in Scarborough around 6 p.m. Thursday. Scarborough police Sgt. Steve Thibodeau says a witness told police the driver of pickup truck passed out before […]
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Discarded fireworks cause Scarborough house fire
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Fire officials in Maine say improperly discarded fireworks caused a house fire. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2trJzkz ) the house fire started early Wednesday morning after a neighborhood firework show in Scarborough. Fire Chief Michael Thurlow say a bin containing firework remnants stored in a plastic bag caught fire next to […]
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Steamers out of steam? Beloved bivalves aren't happy clams
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — The soft-shell clams that are harvested by hand and raked from the mud flats of Maine are becoming less plentiful, and the downward trend jeopardizes one of New England’s oldest and most historic coastal industries. Maine is the soft-shell clam capital of the country. But clammers harvested less than 1.5 million (0.68 […]
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Charlene E. Carroll
SCARBOROUGH — Charlene Emma Carroll (a.k.a. Mom, Grammy, GiGi) passed away at the Malne Veterans Home in Scarborough the evening of Sunday, June 25. Born on Nov. 15, 1922 in Anson, Charlene was one of 11 children born to Adelor and Jennie Bearor. She attended local schools and following graduation from Madison High School she enlisted […]
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Volk pitches Scarborough to Class A softball crown|
AUGUSTA — A 74-game regular-season unbeaten streak has produced plenty of highlights and high seedings for the Scarborough High School softball program. But the Red Storm hadn’t been able to convert such momentum into similar postseason dominance since the early days of that streak, when Scarborough topped Skowhegan to capture the 2013 Class A state […]
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Class A South softball: Scarborough earns spot in state title game
STANDISH — It was the darndest thing. Scarborough’s Sam Carreiro hit the ball about five inches during the first inning of the Class A South softball championship game. The ball should have either gone foul or been an easy third out at first base. Instead, it spun as if it had a life of its […]
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UMF interns experience the real work of future professions
FARMINGTON — Students at the University of Maine at Farmington experience the real work of potential future professions while giving back to local employers through internships. Courtney Alofs of Scarborough, a senior who graduated last week, has worked as an intern for Farmington Attorney Paul Mills for two years, she said. Alofs has been […]
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Norm Gagne to coach at Edward Little
“Coach” is going home. Norm Gagne, the Edward Little High School alumnus who is second to none in wins in Maine high school hockey history, will stand behind his alma mater’s bench as its head coach for the first time in his storied career next season, leaving Scarborough’s program behind after eight seasons and one […]