Scarborough Leader

18/12/2024

Red Storm competitive on the hardwood and ice.

18/12/2024

Here we are in mid-December. Everyone doing OK? I hope all of you are getting an ample supply of cookies, eggnog and merriment. I have decided to give myself the gift of using this space to sketch out my ideal community. Right here, in black and white, the way I wish life would be. Now, […]

16/12/2024

Red Riots close game on a 16-2 run to prevail, 51-32, earn a measure of revenge from last year's playoff ouster.

13/12/2024

13/12/2024

With the chilly weather taking hold, Scarborough Community Services is here to brighten your season with a variety of fun indoor activities and events: Special Events Register at http://tiny.cc/SCSevents. Gingerbread House Decorating Dec. 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $8 per gingerbread house. What better way....

11/12/2024

The proposal would require new developments to maintain a 25-foot buffer from adjacent wetlands. The council voted, 5-2, to send it to the Planning Board for review and a public hearing, after lengthy debates.

11/12/2024

The town is seeking a final round of input from residents before finalizing the study, which will be the first comprehensive transportation study in town since 2005, and presenting it to the Town Council in March.

11/12/2024

Red Storm improve to 2-0 with a 48-31 victory.

11/12/2024

Red Storm make big plays in second half to prevail, 61-53.

11/12/2024

Jim Harmon led the boys' cross country team to a dramatic title, while Mike Farley's girls' soccer team got to states again.

11/12/2024

Sometimes things we think of as “usual” are not. This is how I have felt in the wake of the “I’m sorry, what now?” questions and comments, received following my mention that my family has adopted the Icelandic tradition of books on Christmas Eve in lieu of big gifts under the tree. To be h...

09/12/2024

Top runner Laurel Driscoll is joined by repeat selection, champion golfer Marc Twombly.

09/12/2024

Facilitated by death educator Leona Oceania, Portland residents are coming together to speak frankly about the ins and outs of dying and death.

09/12/2024

Since the summer of 2020, writing for the local paper has been my greatest joy. Through my columns, I have built a community by sharing my love for this beautiful state I now call home, celebrating the culture, food and opportunities I’ve found here. As an immigrant and a proud naturalized America...

09/12/2024

The last of the cranberry sauce has been eaten, the first of the Advent calendar doors has been opened … I suppose we are well and truly in The Holiday Season. I am speaking here (or writing here to be exact) specifically about Christmas. There are, of course, many other holidays, both religious a...

29/11/2024

The Scarborough Land Trust presented longtime land conservationist Becky Warren Seel with its 2024 Conservationist of the Year Award. Presented in October at a special ribbon cutting ceremony at the Elaine Stimson Warren Woods Preserve, the award recognizes an individual, organization or business fo...