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March 4, 2020

Scarborough High School announces 2019-20 quarter 2 honor roll

Senior High Honors: Madison Blanche, Maya Brooks, Grace Carriero, Dakota Donahue, Nina Greeley, Kellie Guerette, Jacob Lewis, Madison Marinko, Aaron Mooney, Sophie Poirier, Isaac Theriault, Amy Topchik, Ashley Washington, Bambi Zhuang. Senior Honors: Elizabeth Albahary, Ainslie Allen, Zachary Alofs, Jason Andrews, Zachary Arnold, Brian Austin, Zoe Averill, Joshua Baba, Varun Basani, Dimaggio Bellino, Madison Blanchard, […]
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March 4, 2020

To build a strong economy, we must invest in people

Last year, the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development put out the Maine Economic Development Strategy, a nonpartisan roadmap to growing our economy and addressing some of our biggest obstacles in the next 10 years. At the center of this plan is the notion that people are central to Maine’s economy, and therefore our […]
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March 4, 2020

Student contest and nonprofit grant available

Maine State Bar Association Announces 2020 Law Day Contests Maine students in grades four through 12 are invited to submit entries for this year’s Law Day contests sponsored by the Maine State Bar Association. This year’s theme is “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100.” Students in grades 4-8 may participate […]
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February 28, 2020

RSU 21 students to communicate to outer space

The school unit is one of 10 schools in the nation chosen to converse with astronauts about the International Space Station.
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February 28, 2020

Carbon monoxide poises safety risk

Recently the evening news reported that a local contractor was overcome by carbon monoxide while operating a gasoline powered piece of equipment in a basement area, requiring transport to the emergency room. This story illustrates why everyone should be extremely careful when using a gas powered generator or similar alternative heating or power sources. Improper […]
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February 28, 2020

Sen. Chenette welcomes senate pages from Saco to State House

AUGUSTA — On Thursday, Feb. 20, Sen. Justin Chenette, D-Saco, welcomed Victoria Boure, Alexis Bernier, Alexyai Telarico and Jazzmyn Goff, all of Saco, to serve as honorary pages in the Maine Senate. The students attend Thornton Academy in Saco. The honorary page program gives students a unique chance to participate and observe the state’s legislative […]
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February 28, 2020

Celebrating Maine’s Bicentennial in Scarborough

The Scarborough Public Library and Scarborough Historical Society are collaborating to bring a series of programs to our community in celebration of Maine’s Bicentennial of Statehood. The following programs are open to the public and free to attend. They are made possible through the financial partnership of the Scarborough Public Library, the Scarborough Historical Society, […]
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February 28, 2020

Pingree announces $87,809 to support 400 Senior Corps volunteers in Scarborough

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.s. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced a grant of $87,809 in Senior Corps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency for volunteering and service, to the Southern Maine Agency on Aging in Scarborough. “Mainers serve others before we serve ourselves — that’s just who we are. […]
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February 28, 2020

Barbara Harris’s list of accomplishments are endless

The World War II Navy Veteran (1943-1946) built with her own hands a cabin in the woods of West Enfield, Maine, is a Hall of Fame women’s basketball player, taught at one of the country’s top women’s colleges and educated Maine campers about the environment, the universe and God. Now, at age 96, Harris doesn’t […]
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February 28, 2020

Be a hero for patients: Donate blood during Red Cross Month

The American Red Cross urges the public to join its lifesaving mission by giving blood or platelets this March in celebration of Red Cross Month. Donors of all blood types, especially type O, are urgently needed to help ensure blood is available for patients this spring. Every day, thousands of patients depend on blood donations […]

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