UNE students help brighten downtown Biddeford for the holidays

BIDDEFORD — Twenty students from the University of New England recently fanned out in downtown Biddeford on a sunny Saturday morning to spread holiday cheer and brighten the holidays for residents and those less fortunate. The event was held a bit earlier in the season this year, but students had no idea temperatures would be […]

Democrats win Maine Legislature elections for Scarborough

SCARBOROUGH — In unofficial results, Anne Carney, a Democrat will return to the Maine Senate to represent residents of District 29. She had 14,588 votes compared to her opponent, Republican John Lewis, with 4,699 votes. SD 29 includes Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and part of Scarborough. “I am so grateful to the people of District […]

Oak Hill Players perform ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

Noah Lyford, playing Seymour, and Anish Pradeep, playing Mr. Mushnik, in a scene from Oak Hill Players production of “Little Shop Of Horrors.” The show is running at Winslow Homer Center for the Arts from Nov. 4 to 13. Suggested age for audience members is ages 10 and older. For details and tickets go to […]

Guest Column: Scarborough library proposed expansion prepares for current and future needs

The public library has always been the place where a community can combine and pool assets to provide resources and tools that individuals and groups use for a wide range of benefits — for education, for self-improvement, for simple enjoyment. Traditionally, those resources have taken the form of the library’s collection (books, videos, magazines, etc.) […]

USM Theatre opens ‘Dark & Exhilarating Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play’

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre unfurls its second offering of the season with the dark, musical, genre-defying “Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play” by Anne Washburn with music by Michael Friedman. In the play, civilization has collapsed. A small group of survivors, gathered around a campfire and desperate for connection, piece together the […]

Portland recycling facility urges confidence in plastics recycling

ecomaine’s data shows value in capturing and selling recyclable commodities.

Scarborough events

Nov. 7, Monday Public Vision Zero Workshop: Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) is conducting a series of workshops to launch their Vision Zero strategy, working to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries in the region. Scarborough residents are invited to join GPCOG for a public workshop on November 7 from 5:30-7 p.m. at Biddeford […]

Guest Opinion: Domestic abuse survivors group appreciates welcoming by Scarborough library

Survivors with Finding Our Voices have broken the silence of domestic abuse for three years, all across the state, in community centers, museums, libraries, hospitals, the Holocaust and Human Rights Center, and universities. No entity has been more welcoming to us, and more committed to serving their community, than the Scarborough Public Library. Lucy Jackson […]

Presentation on forests and climate change takes place Nov. 10

Saco Valley Land Trust and Scarborough Land Trust have teamed up to offer a presentation and Q&A by Tom Doak of Maine Woodland Owners, focused on the impacts of climate change to Maine’s forests, and what people can do to protect and improve forested lands for the future. The presentation and Q&A will be held […]

Noah Lyford, playing Seymour) and Anish Pradeep, playing Mr. Mushnik, in a scene from Oak Hill Players production of “Little Shop Of Horrors.” Theshow is running at Winslow Homer Center for the Arts from Nov. 4 to 13. Suggested age for audience members is ages 10 and older. For details and tickets go to scarboroughredstorm.org/ohptickets