All posts by The Forecaster
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Falmouth Junior League team wins district title
Falmouth’s Junior League baseball team won the recent District 6 tournament, beating Bonny Eagle in the championship game in eight innings. Falmouth went undefeated in...
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Out & About: Ossipee Valley Music Festival, plus ‘Grease’
Two of America’s iconic musical genres are featured in the top two items of this week’s performing arts schedule. In each case, there are significant...
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Arrest made in South Portland burglaries
SOUTH PORTLAND — A suspect believed to be responsible for a string of burglaries in Ferry Village was arrested July 22. Police arrested Eric James Becker,...
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The Universal Notebook: Fake news, alternative facts, media bias
The Trump administration is making a lot of noise these days about fake news, but that’s all it is, noise. They are the fakers. In...
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Here's Something: No praise is high enough for 'Joanie'
Joan Benoit Samuelson is someone you really can’t say enough good things about. The humble Mainer probably hates the attention and adulation, but come on,...
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Letter: Beem puts Hardy's art in new light
My thanks to Edgar Allen Beem for his heartfelt tribute to DeWitt Hardy (“The Universal Notebook: DeWitt Hardy’s real life, death”). I also first met...
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Letter: Portland falls for waterfront foolishness
Last week the Portland Planning Board approved zoning for the western waterfront that, according to city staff, peers deep into the future: “Port opportunities likely...
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5th to 1st in the Peaks to Portland
Eric Nilsson, 30, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, emerges from the water to claim first place Saturday, July 22, in the 36th annual YMCA of Southern Maine...
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Baseball: Yankee Ford tops Zone 3 United, moves on to States
FREEPORT – Matt Riggle capped a huge, seven-run third inning with a grand slam homerun on Thursday evening, July 20, propelling Yankee Ford past Zone...
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Falmouth police warn residents about phone scam
FALMOUTH — Police are warning residents about a scam where a caller pretends to be from the Police Department and requests money to cover bail or...
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Bath Police Beat: July 21
Arrests 7/13 at 9:20 a.m. Nolan Morton, 32, of Bowker Road, Phippsburg, was arrested by Officer Mark Steele on Windjammer Way on an outstanding warrant...
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Southern Meetings: July 21-28
Cape Elizabeth Tues. 7/25 7 p.m. Board of Zoning Appeals TH Scarborough Wed. 7/26 8 a.m. Public Safety Building Committee PSB South Portland Mon. 7/24...
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Southern School Notebook: July 21
Grant will mean new Apple devices at Holy Cross Four years ago, Holy Cross Catholic School in South Portland became the first diocesan school to...
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: July 21
Arrests 7/15 at 2:30 p.m. Emil Dzabiev, 36, of Independence Drive, Scarborough, was arrested on Tides Edge Road by Officer Jefferey Gaudette on charges of burglary,...
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Mid-Coast Meetings: July 21-28
Brunswick Mon. 7/24 5 p.m. Village Review Board (Workshop) TH Tues. 7/25 7:30 a.m. Brunswick Downtown Association TH Tues. 7/25 4:30 p.m. Conservation Commission TH...
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South Portland Police Beat: July 21
Arrests 7/1 at 1:35 a.m. Anthony L. Edwards, 45, of South Portland, was arrested on Broadway by Officer Ezekiel Collins on charges of operating after habitual...
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Brunswick Police Beat: July 21
Arrests 7/14 at 1:53 p.m. Jessica M. Brown, 25, of Winter Street, Topsham, was arrested on Gurnet Road by Officer Justin Dolci on an outstanding...
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Topsham Police Beat: July 21
Arrests 7/14 at 6:43 p.m. A 16-year-old female, no address listed, of Topsham, was arrested by Officer Gabrielle Mathieu on Winners Circle on a charge...
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Scarborough Police Beat: July 21
Arrests 7/11 at 6:17 p.m. Willis B. Moulton, 74, of Black Point Road, was arrested on Black Point Road by Officer Michael Sawyer on charges...
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Harpswell Police Beat: July 21
Arrests 7/15 at 9:19 p.m. George A. Foster, Jr., 64, of Harpswell Neck Road, was arrested at an undisclosed location by Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy...
