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New website for Scarborough Leader

The Scarborough Leader is now available, in its entirety, on a new website, www.mainelymediallc.com.<< MORE >>

Haigis Parkway changes considered

The Scarborough Long Range Planning Committee is looking at zoning changes for parcels of land on either end of the Haigis Parkway, which connects the Maine Turnpike and Route 1.<< MORE >>

Planning board approves projects

The Planning Board has given its preliminary approval to two new housing projects in town, one off Holmes Road by Beech Ridge Motor Speedway and the other behind the Rock and Roll Diner off Broadturn Road.<< MORE >>

Council sets dates for use of fireworks

After a vote by the Town Council last week, Scarborough residents will only be able to use consumer fireworks during a three-day period around the Fourth of July and on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.<< MORE >>

Gym Dandies keep rolling along

Since 1981, thousands of Scarborough children have had an opportunity to learn to juggle and unicycle through Gym Dandies, a children’s circus group started by former physical education teacher Jon Cahill.<< MORE >>

Two-sport sophomore is motivated to lead

Sophomore Mikaela Coombs, a member of the Scarborough High School cheering and field hockey teams, is proving herself as a leader both in her school community and the town of Scarborough.<< MORE >>

Budget season begins in Scarborough

This year’s budget season is already underway. << MORE >>

Kindness campaign hits middle school

Scarborough Middle School students recently attended a presentation by Michael J. Chase, founder of The Kindness Center. << MORE >>

Loans still available through PACE

Is getting a Property Assessed Clean Energy loan to have energy upgrades installed in your home a difficult process? Not according to Scott Tirrell. << MORE >>

School ready for a challenge

A program coming to Scarborough High School next week will challenge students not in the classroom or on the athletic fields, but rather on how to be a better person.<< MORE >>

Land trust selects new director

After sifting through two dozen applications, Jack Anderson, president of the Scarborough Land Conservation Trust Board of Directors, said he feels the board found the perfect candidate to take over the organization, which has been protecting open space in town since 1977.<< MORE >>

Family’s bedtime tale hits the market

An oral bedtime tale for a Scarborough family will soon be available in book form to children all across the country.<< MORE >>

Family activity leads to skiing success

Scarborough High School sophomore Abby Mills, 16, grew up on a mountain in Maine, Sugarloaf, to be specific.<< MORE >>

Student leader is ‘Driving Force’

If Mahatma Ghandi was correct when he said “the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others,” then consider Scarborough High School junior Katie Elliott completely lost.<< MORE >>

Developers eye Dunstan Avenue area

Settlement in the Dunstan area of Scarborough dates back to the 1650s. More than 360 years later, it is one of the most developed and congested areas of Scarborough. << MORE >>

Red Storm continue dominance

The Scarborough High School girls’ indoor track team extended its streak of state titles to eight.<< MORE >>

Projects always pop up for public works

It may be a light winter for snowfall, but it has been quite a busy time of year for the Scarborough Department of Public Works. Director Michael Shaw said the lack of snow has helped the public works crew catch up on some of the projects that typically go unnoticed during winter.<< MORE >>

Coach has built a record on team building

Tom Maines, who took over the Scarborough High School girls’ basketball team this year from Jim Seavey, has compiled hundreds of wins on hardwood courts all across Maine since he began coaching in the 1970s, including three straight state championships with Morse High School from 1987 to 1989.<< MORE >>

Red Storm run stopped in regional final

The successful run of the Scarborough girls’ basketball team came to an end last Saturday when McAuley High School defeated Red Storm 61-43 in the Western Maine Class A championship at the Cumberland County Civic Center.<< MORE >>

Centervale plan goes to board

Howard Goldenfarb believes now is the right time to expand business opportunities at the property he owns at 200 U.S. Route 1.<< MORE >>