Scarborough News

Members of this Northeast Area chapter have fun while supporting charitable causes.

For his work teaching people how to garden and about the importance of kitchen gardening in particular, Roger Doiron has won First Place in the Education category of the 2009 Garden Crusader Awards.

The new Marden's Surplus & Salvage store in Scarborough, originally expected to open late this fall or early this winter, won't open before next year.

An official at Maine Medical Center in Portland said the victim in Wednesday's hit-and-run crash in Portland died from his injuries on Sunday.

The "Gloucester rally," as chief organizer Amanda Odlin terms the casually organized mass meeting tomorrow morning to vent grievances against the U.S. system of regulating fisheries, is expected to draw hundreds of working fishermen, but possibly not a single politician.

Nine communities are participating in an early voting pilot program in Maine. Early voting is not the same as absentee voting.

Bonnie Topham exits the voting booth after casting her vote on Wednesday. This year, Scarborough is one of nine Maine towns selected to be part of the state's Early Voting Pilot Program.

George Mitchell is the American special envoy to the Middle East for the Obama Administration.

Share + Oct 26, 2009 6:38 pm US/Eastern AUGUSTA, Maine As campaigns for and against repeal of Maine's gay marriage law urged their supporters to vote early, the state's top election official said Monday that turnout is on track to be far greater than in a typical off-year election.

Frank Gifford of South Portland prepares the Lydia & Maya, a groundfishing vessel in port at the Portland Fish Exchange pier, for a new paint job on Friday.

SCARBOROUGH, MAINE : For a limited time, purchase any of the following Volvo accessories and you will receive a check back from Volvo.

Scarborough is one of nine Maine municipalities to be selected by the state Division of Elections for an Early Voting Pilot Program.

SCARBOROUGH a ' The Board of Education election ballot in Scarborough is populated by candidates with experience.

A traffic stop by police turns into a chase that ends in an arrest. Scarborough police say around 7:45 Tuesday night they stopped to check on a driver who abruptly stopped on Holmes Road near Beech Ridge Speedway.

An ordinance is under consideration that would strike down a restriction that prevents horseback riders from traveling along the shore between Old Orchard Beach and Scarborough.

PlumChoice Selects Scarborough for Regional Support & Training Center; 125 New Jobs Created by the End of 2009 Released 10/14/09 Dianna Fletcher, Fletcher-Media 831-8148 dianna@fletcher-media.com Matt Jacobson, President & CEO, Maine & Company 871-0234 mjacobson@maineco.org : Scarborough, Maine, October 14, 2009: PlumChoice, a leading provider of ...

Scarborough, Maine a ' Hannaford Supermarkets has taken the precaution of removing Taste of Inspirations Vegetable Spring Rolls from its freezer cases because the rolls may contain shrimp, which was not listed on the ingredient panel.

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SCARBOROUGH a ' A ceremony Wednesday attended by state and local officials marked the opening of the first PlumChoice regional training and support center in Maine and the company's first expansion from its Billerica, Mass., headquarters.

SMART THINKING Keeping your mind active is a key to healthy living in Maine. By Joshua F. Moore ALWAYS LEARNING Residents of an independent and assisted living community in Scarborough are making learning a lifelong affair.