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Celebrate the fourth in Southern Maine

(Photo By Harmony Motter)

Celebrate the fourth in Southern Maine

By Kate Power

Southern Maine (Jul 04, 2008): Check out some of the local Fourth of July festivities! - Full Story

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Rising costs slow Meals on Wheels
Lakes Region: (By Julia Davis - 07/04)

Raise the curtain for a summer's worth of shows
Lakes Region: (By David Harry - 07/04)

Enforcement tide rises on lakes
Lakes Region: (By Julia Davis - 07/04)

Construction begins on New Gloucester fire station
New Gloucester: (By Ben Bragdon - 07/04)

Fuel prices may close Stimson Hall
Gray: (By Ben Bragdon - 07/04)

Raymond school budget gets a second chance Monday
Raymond: (By Ben Bragdon - 07/04)

'People really want to help each other'
Gray: (By Ben Bragdon - 07/04)

10 years after - Frye Island celebrates
Frye Island: (By Julia Davis - 07/04)

Proposed Lakes bus service halted
Lakes Region: (By Julia Davis - 07/04)

Bridgton senior housing project set to begin construction
Bridgton: (By Julia Davis - 07/04)

Exhibit to display artists' vision of coast through Ram Island
Cape Elizabeth

Driver hospitalized after crashing into house
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 07/03)

Small gas station owners paying the price for old pumps
Scarborough: (By Gordon Lane - 07/03)

State Archives full, no new plan for now
Augusta: (By Victoria Wallack - 07/03)

Police say daylight drug deal illustrates problem
Westbrook: (By Staff reports - 07/03)

Car crashing into home stuns neighbors
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 07/03)

Westbrook: Then & Now
Westbrook: (By Mike Sanphy - 07/03)

Q&A with James O'Reilly – Photographer has his eye on storms
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 07/03)

Pike, Idexx fail to reach expansion agreement
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 07/03)

A year later, murder investigation still unresolved
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 07/03)

One keeper's story (video and photo slideshow)
Biddeford: (By Kate Irish Collins - 07/03)

Site walk next step for Poland Spring in Hollis
Hollis: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 07/03)

Wentworth woes move board to rethink new school
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 07/03)

As boomers age, Cape builder responds
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 07/03)

Q & A: Butcher shop aspires to gourmet appeal
Scarborough: (By Linda Hersey - 07/03)

Tax credit
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 07/03)

Judges looking for top five
Scarborough: (By Linda Hersey - 07/03)

Losing money, Cape seeks to privatize fitness center
Cape Elizabeth: (By Meggan Clark - 07/03)

Bigger school budget goes back to Cape voters
Cape Elizabeth: (By Meggan Clark - 07/03)

Library areas to close temporarily for lighting installation
Scarborough

Urban forest closer to being preserved for public
South Portland: (By Linda Hersey - 07/03)

We Love to Eat
(By Robert Lowell - 07/03)

They've got the power
Shapleigh: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 07/03)

Art in the yard sale
Kennebunk

Portland District Court logs
Regional

Be a part of Baystock Music Festival
Maine: (By Current Publishing - 07/02)

Lightning strike causes fire at Alfred home
Alfred: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 07/02)

Cumberland County Superior Court logs
Regional

Welcome to Jimmy the Greek's
Old Orchard

Saco girls crowned in Maine pageants
Saco

On patrol: Saco war duty chronicled in new book
Saco: (By Kate Irish Collins - 07/02)

BHS renovation details still being hammered out
Biddeford: (By Kate Irish Collins - 07/02)

Summer report will address winter heating needs
Augusta: (By Victoria Wallack - 07/02)

Back to the future for heating Maine?
Augusta: (By Victoria Wallack - 07/02)

CMP reveals plan for new power line
Augusta: (By Victoria Wallack - 07/02)

Three arrested after robbery at Standish salon
Standish: (By Staff reports - 07/01)

Lake Arrowhead hosting first parade
Waterboro

Bug show will go on
Springvale

BLOG:Ben Franklin Keynote Speaker at July 4th Festivities
South Portland: (By Linda Hersey - 07/01)

Celebrate the Fourth of July
Old Orchard Beach

Rowe pitches early childhood programs
Sanford: (By Lee Burnett - 07/01)

Duo tapped for special ed post
Sanford: (By Sam Clarke - 07/01)

All in the family: mother-daughter art on display
Sanford

Lowest Gas Prices in Maine
Maine

Last week's top headlines
Southern Maine: (By Current Staff - 06/30)

OOB Police Log
Old Orchard Beach

Men sought in connection with Big Apple robberies
Hollis and Windham: (By Kate Power - 06/30)

BLOG: The Westbrook Diarist
Westbrook

Bonnaroo: Five days, five lessons
Windham: (By Sam Clarke - 06/30)

Suspect identified in Standish robbery
Standish: (By Julia Davis - 06/27)

Raising a glass to the screw cap
Westbrook: (By Tom Hansen - 06/27)

More info sought about MERC violations
Biddeford: (By Kate Irish Collins - 06/27)

Museum exhibit celebrates 125th anniversary
Old Orchard Beach: (By Kate Irish Collins - 06/27)

Saco honored for being 'greenest city'
Saco

Art festival raises money for library expansion
Old Orchard Beach

Inside Standish
Standish: (By Heidi MacVane - 06/27)

Making Medicare manageable
Bridgton: (By Julia Davis - 06/27)

Parting party leads to trouble for Westbrook man
Windham: (By Ben Bragdon - 06/27)

'The front edge of a disaster'
Sebago: (By Julia Davis - 06/27)

Bridgton man charged with abuse
Bridgton: (By Julia Davis - 06/27)

Seats open in Gray and Windham
All: (By Ben Bragdon - 06/27)

Police checking links between burglary sprees
Standish: (By Julia Davis - 06/27)

My Generation Home Page
Maine

Local residents speak out at rally
Shapleigh: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 06/26)

Sappi has new mill manager
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 06/26)

Rough times for town paving crews
Gorham: (By Gordon Lane - 06/26)

Longtime call firefighter retires
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 06/26)

Superintendent recovering after heart surgery
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 06/26)

More than just kidding around - Buxton couple gets serious about goat milk
Buxton: (By Gordon Lane - 06/26)

Q&A with Matthew Gray - World lies ahead for new college grad
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 06/26)

End of an era - Mike Sanphy, city's longest-serving officer, retires
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 06/26)

Town tweaks 'Fueling February' procedures
Alfred: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 06/26)

We Love to Eat
(By Robert Lowell - 06/26)

Town to study Pine Point road repairs
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 06/26)

Planners like what they see of new Fairchild project
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 06/26)

Survey: Businesses most vexed by sign rules, traffic
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 06/26)

Concerts aim to bring people to city waterfront
South Portland: (By Linda Hersey - 06/26)

City's dog rules await task force study
South Portland: (By Linda Hersey - 06/26)

Teens charged in Cape Burglary
Cape Elizabeth: (By Meggan Clark - 06/26)

Moving on - Scarborough's Ron Owens nears end of community-building career
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 06/26)

2008 Great Futures College Scholarship Essay
Waterboro: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 06/26)

Up to date at Willowbrook
Newfield: (By Amelia Chamberlain - 06/26)

Riding for ribbons, research
Hollis: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 06/26)

Caring packages in Windham
Windham: (By Ben Bragdon - 06/26)

Acton transfer station addresses environmental concerns
Acton: (By Andrea Rose - 06/25)

OOB health coordinator recognized
Old Orchard Beach

Open house celebrates Andover's new campus
So. Portland: (By Linda Hersey - 06/25)

No age limit when it comes to sailing
Regional: (By Kate Irish Collins - 06/25)

Riding forward into the past
(By David Harry - 06/25)

Spending time apart makes time together that much better
Maine: (By Kate Power - 06/25)

Fair play - Maine's the place for summer festivals
Westbrook: (By Leslie Bridgers - 06/25)

Wrinkles in time
Westbrook: (By Andrea Rose - 06/25)

Poland Spring hearing draws little comment
Hollis: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 06/25)

Feeding guests and treating hosts makes the summer visit
Lake Region: (By Gordon Lane - 06/25)

New windows for old homes
Maine: (By Mike Higgins - 06/25)

Golf: More than just a game
Westbrook: (By Linda Hersey - 06/25)

It's an honor
Limerick: (By Kelsey Brimmer - 06/25)

Amid bravos, 'Alicia & Friends' raises $11,000 for epilepsy fight
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 06/25)

Possible charges for one of 'Cape 10'
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark and Mike Higgins - 06/25)

Acton man honored for graduation from Air Force Academy
Acton

Caring Neighbors facility to be sold
Sanford: (By Sam Clarke - 06/25)

Movie Gallery closed after roof leak
Sanford: (By Sam Clarke - 06/25)

Gravel pit proposed for H Road
Acton: (By Sam Clarke - 06/25)

Acton treasurer accused of insubordination
Acton: (By Andrea Rose - 06/25)

Sanford Maine Stage adopts new venue
Springvale: (By Andrea Rose - 06/25)

Carpentier to get T.L.C.
Sanford: (By Sam Clarke - 06/25)

Lightning causes house fire in Sanford
Sanford: (By Sam Clarke - 06/25)

Transient arrested in Biddeford bank robbery
Biddeford: (By Kate Power - 06/25)

Kids learn seniors have much to teach
Scarborough: (By Meggan Clark - 06/25)

Push for beverage tax veto gains momentum
Augusta: (By Victoria Wallack - 06/25)

School mergers: A slow march, with deadlines looming
Augusta: (By Victoria Wallack - 06/25)

Excise tax collections dwindle
Augusta: (By Victoria Wallack - 06/25)

Saco Police Logs
Saco: (By Staff Reports - 06/25)

Biddeford variety store robbed
Biddeford: (By Kate Irish Collins - 06/24)

Sanford School Department receives federal grant
Sanford: (By Sam Clarke - 06/24)

Acton developer proposing pellet plant
Acton: (By Sam Clarke - 06/24)

Downtown conference attracts more than 200
Biddeford

Local family brings professional theater to Springvale
Springvale: (By Andrea Rose - 06/24)

Multimedia archives
Southern Maine: (By Staff reports - 06/23)

Maine Women
Southern Maine: (By Current Publishing Staff - 06/23)

Festival puts a new spin on some old hymns
New Gloucester: (By Ben Bragdon - 06/23)

Originally posted on 2/7/08Group seeks town funds to fight milfoil
Limerick: (By Ben Bragdon - 06/23)

Saco Getty Mart robbed at gun point
Saco: (By Kate Irish Collins - 12/21)

OOB open for business
Old Orchard: (By Kate Irish Collins - 12/19)

Sports & Outdoors News

Meet the new Westbrook football coach
Westbrook

Underclass all-star game gives players college exposure
Gorham: (By Tom Minervino - 07/03)

Golf lessons: putting
Scarborough: (By Tom Minervino - 07/03)

Vintage base ball clubs meet in Bridgton (photo slideshow)
South Bridgton: (By Tom Minervino - 07/03)

A Husky joins the Mainers
Sanford: (By Adam Howard - 07/03)

Mainers vault into division lead
Sanford: (By Brian Bedo - 07/01)

Pro Sports Blog
We're just saying...Red Sox midseason report
Fenway Park: (By Mike Higgins and Todd Bloniarz - 06/30)

Alfred festival to feature road race
Alfred: (By Mike Higgins - 06/30)

Myers steps down as Gorham baseball coach
Gorham: (By Tom Minervino - 06/27)

Pro Sports Blog
We’re just saying…the Red Sox keep rolling
Boston: (By Mike Higgins and Todd Bloniarz - 06/27)

Cape baseball takes Western B crown
Standish: (By Tom Minervino - 06/26)

Pheasants are phantastic
Gorham: (By Robert Lowell - 06/26)

Fayette-Staples wins big over Massabesic
Saco: (By Adam Howard - 06/26)

Boomer boarders
Portland: (By Tom Minervino - 06/25)

MyGen: Island hopping
Regional: (By Ann Fisher - 06/25)

Hill propels Fryeburg past Cape in WM softball final
Standish: (By Tom Minervino - 06/25)

Gardiner shows no mercy in downing Cape for state baseball title
Bangor: (By Tom Minervino - 06/25)

Scarborough takes boys lacrosse crown
Portland: (By Adam Howard - 06/25)

Thoreck set to take over at Cape
Cape Elizabeth: (By Adam Howard - 06/25)

Six Redskins named to SMAA all-academic track team
Sanford

Blue Blazes tab assistant as new football head man
Westbrook: (By Tom Minervino - 06/25)

High School State Championship
Cape falls in baseball state championship
Bangor: (By Tom Minervino - 06/22)

High School State Championship
Brewer tops Biddeford for state softball crown
Standish: (By Tom Minervino - 06/22)

High School State Championship
Cape lacrosse falls short in title game
Portland: (By Adam Howard - 06/22)

High School State Championship
Scarborough takes state boys lacrosse title
Portland: (By Adam Howard - 06/22)

SSYAA holding ‘Family Fun Day’
Sanford

Local tennis program needs players, coaches, volunteers
Scarborough

Old time 'base ball' coming to Bridgton
Bridgton

‘Run for the Gym’ coming July 12
Springvale

Community Letters

Massage For A Great Cause
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Latest 06/30/08

Originally posted on 2/7/08Group seeks town funds to fight milfoil
(1 Letters Posted)
Latest 06/26/08

Quality ChildCare
(2 Letters Posted)
Latest 06/24/08

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Business Reports

New Guide to Dog-Friendly Parks, Beaches and Trails in Maine
Submitted - 07/02

Promoting your business
Submitted - 07/01

Establishing a small business
Submitted - 06/24

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Current Publishing - 06/24

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New cardiologist at SMMC
Submitted - 07/02

St. Andre Health Care gets refurbishing grant
Submitted - 07/02

AmeriCorps funding available to local organizations
Submitted - 07/02

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Inside Standish

Heidi MacVane - 07/04

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Marilyn Keating-Porcaro - 07/04

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