“(Sophomore Christian) was a lefty attackman, and then he turned out to be a gifted LSM,” the elder Glover said. “I watched him go after it with his brother, and I said, ‘Oh, he’s pretty good going both ways.’” Late in the third quarter of Saturday’s Class A state championship game, any second guesses coach […]
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South Portland sets aside almost $500,000 to defend tar sands oil ban
SOUTH PORTLAND — The South Portland City Council on Monday earmarked nearly $500,000 to defend a law it passed last year preventing the on-boarding of crude oil along the city’s waterfront. The “Clear Skies” ordinance effectively prohibits pumping tar sands oil through the Portland-Montreal Pipeline to South Portland, where the fuel could then be transported […]
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Class A West baseball championship: South Portland, Curran survive Portland, win first title since ’91
STANDISH — Henry Curran was almost unhittable his first time through the Portland lineup Wednesday afternoon. He was indomitable on the second journey; unflappable on the third. The results are indisputable: South Portland is Class A West baseball champion for the first time in 24 years. Curran survived a seventh-inning threat and hoisted the No. 3 […]
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Police: Man driving drunk with child hits pole
SOUTH PORTLAND — A South Portland man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk with his 7-year-old child in the car. Police say it happened around 8 p.m. Saturday in Willard Square. WGME reports that police found the operator, Momenjan Abullayof, and his 7-year-old child outside of the vehicle. According to police, Abullayof’s car had hit a […]
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Police identify man’s body found in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — Police say the body of a man that was found along the banks of the Fore River in South Portland has been identified. Authorities say the body of 47-year-old James Gudinas, a transient from out of state, was sent to the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta on Wednesday. Although a cause […]
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Man’s body found along Fore River in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — South Portland police are investigating the discovery of a man’s body along the banks of the Fore River. Authorities say the body was found Tuesday afternoon by a passer-by on the shore at the end of Buttonwood Road, an area just north of the Casco Bay Bridge. Witnesses say the body was […]
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South Portland stripped of ‘business friendly’ designation
PORTLAND — The city of South Portland has lost its “business friendly” designation from Gov. Paul LePage’s administration as a result of its ordinance blocking the export of tar sands, or oil sands, from its waterfront. Doug Ray, spokesman for the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development, confirmed Friday that South Portland is the […]
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South Portland loses ‘business friendly’ designation
PORTLAND — The city of South Portland has lost its “business friendly” designation from Gov. Paul LePage’s administration as a result of its ordinance blocking the export of tar sands, or oil sands, from its waterfront. Doug Ray, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development, confirmed Friday that South Portland is […]
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Richard Caron
1937 – 2015 LACONIA, N.H. — Richard Caron, 78, of Belmont, N.H., died Sunday. April 12, at Lakes Region General Hospital, after a sudden illness. He was born on Jan. 13, 1937, in Berlin, N.H., to the late Thomas and Ida (Marois) Caron. Richard graduated from St. Dominic Regional High School, Lewiston in 1955 and […]
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South Portland woman awaiting kidney transplant faces setbacks
SOUTH PORTLAND – Another blow for a South Portland mom waiting for a kidney transplant. WGME reported Christine Royles, a 23-year-old who made headlines when she put an ad on the back of her car looking for a kidney, posted on Facebook that doctors told her she is too sick right now to have the operation. […]