All posts by The Forecaster
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Northern Meetings: Jan. 17-24
Chebeague Island Wed. 1/23 6 p.m. Board of Selectmen CIH Durham Thur. 1/17 6 p.m. Budget Committee ECC Tues. 1/22 6 p.m. Budget Committee ECC Tues. ...
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Chebeague Island Police Beat: Jan. 17
Arrests No arrests or summonses were reported from Jan. 7-13.
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Donors step up to help Cumberland Foreside family get service dog
FALMOUTH — Specially trained service dogs, especially ones that can detect seizures in advance, are expensive. So friends of the Rosenblum family of Cumberland Foreside have...
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Falmouth church collecting socks for Portland's homeless
FALMOUTH — For the homeless and those living on the margins, many of the basic comforts of life are out of reach – including the ability...
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Falmouth library gets $100K matching grant to fund expansion
FALMOUTH — With a pared-down design approved by the Planning Board last week, Falmouth Memorial Library is preparing to go out to bid on a long-planned...
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Falmouth volleyball standout wins Gatorade award
Falmouth sophomore Annika Hester, who led the Yachtsmen to the Class A state title in October, was named Tuesday as Maine’s volleyball Gatorade Player of...
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Casco Bay Lines looking large for next Portland-Peaks ferry
PORTLAND — How large must a new Peaks Island car ferry be? “We are already overwhelmed with people coming out,” Peaks Island Council Chairperson Lisa Penalver told...
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Portland students create, promote winter recreation app
PORTLAND — With winter in full swing, Mainers are getting out to enjoy their favorite cold-weather sports, from skiing to snowshoeing to skating and sledding. To...
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Portland Meetings: Jan. 16-24
Wed. 1/16 Noon CDBG Allocation Committee CH Wed. 1/16 5 p.m. Historic Preservation Board CH Wed. 1/16 5:30 p.m. Sustainability and Transportation Committee CH Wed. ...
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School Notebook: Jan. 16
This fall, more than 100 seventh-graders from Bath Middle School will spend a weekend immersed in outdoor sustainability lessons at The Ecology School, thanks in...
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People & Business: Jan. 16
New online tea service now brewing Tea aficionados can start the new year with premium hand-blended teas, curated and packaged by a Maine mother-daughter team....
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Portland Police Beat: Jan. 16
Arrests 1/6 at 1:44 a.m. Shawn T. Currier, 41, of Portland, was arrested on Pine Street by Officer Michael Walton on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking....
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Portland ceremony confirms Maine's youngest citizens
PORTLAND — Life in the Democratic Republic of Congo was “not good” for Alain Ingani and his family, which is why he said they came to...
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Public forum planned on final design for Portland's Lyseth School
PORTLAND — A public forum will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, in the cafeteria at Lyseth Elementary School to allow community members...
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Red Cross: Desperate need for blood
PORTLAND — The Red Cross has experienced a dramatic reduction in blood donations in recent weeks and issued an emergency call for blood and platelet...
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Out & About: Music, dance for midwinter
The Christmas break and early January doldrums are over for southern Maine’s arts producers, performers and presenters. The result is a spate of dates on...
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Handled with care at Portland City Hall
City employees are joined by employees of cPort Credit Union and an AmeriCorps volunteer Jan. 10 in Portland City Hall to assemble about 200 care...
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Governor to address Portland observance of MLK Jr. Day
PORTLAND — Gov. Janet Mills will speak at the 38th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance Celebration on Monday, Jan. 21. The celebration will be held...
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The Universal Notebook: Everybody hates a winner
Instead of watching the Clemson-Alabama NCAA title game last week, I watched a dumb movie called “Brewster’s Millions,” in which Richard Pryor plays a washed...
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Politics & Other Mistakes: Mills the monster
Janet Mills is a liberal fiend. The newly inaugurated Democratic governor is raising taxes, seizing guns, importing illegal immigrants, providing welfare to lazy slobs, and...
