GORHAM–Recent spring-like temperatures haven’t been sweet news at Parsons Maple Products in Gorham. With Maine Maple Sunday rapidly approaching, brothers Russell and Bob Parsons are hoping for more seasonal March weather to speed up the flow of Maple tree sap they’ll boil down into sweet syrup. “It has been a little too hot and we […]
March 2010
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
EDITORIAL – A new opportunity for our newspapers
In the realities of today’s newspaper business, investigative reporting on larger, statewide issues – stories that can take weeks or even months to report – have mostly disappeared. Newspapers cannot afford to dedicate a reporter to one story for that amount of time. It is a fact of the industry well known to John Christie, […]
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
EDITORIAL – A new opportunity for our newspapers
In the realities of today’s newspaper business, investigative reporting on larger, statewide issues – stories that can take weeks or even months to report – have mostly disappeared. Newspapers cannot afford to dedicate a reporter to one story for that amount of time. It is a fact of the industry well known to John Christie, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Web
EDITORIAL – A new opportunity for our newspapers
In the realities of today’s newspaper business, investigative reporting on larger, statewide issues – stories that can take weeks or even months to report – have mostly disappeared. Newspapers cannot afford to dedicate a reporter to one story for that amount of time. It is a fact of the industry well known to John Christie, […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
South Portland School Board approves $37.8M budget, seeks 1.5% tax increase
SOUTH PORTLAND — The School Board on Monday unanimously approved a $37.9 million budget, which eliminates 25 jobs for the fiscal year starting July 1. The budget is projected to increase taxes by 1.5 percent, adding 14 cents to the current tax rate of $14.70 per $1,000 of valuation. None of the more controversial aspects […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Pioneer of the Sky
Bridgton woman to be honored as one of first female pilots in military (Editor’s note: Edith Beal of Bridgton was honored this week with the Congressional Gold Medal for her service as a pilot during World War II. In August 2009, the Lakes Region Weekly featured Beal on its front page. Here is that story.) […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
River Road frustrations mount
WINDHAM – While little new information was learned concerning the River Road reconstruction project, a meeting this week between three officials from the Maine Department of Transportation and the Windham Town Council offered some insight into the project’s possible timeline, as well as into frustrations felt by Windham officials over its long delay. “I mean […]
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Raymond resident raises money for native Chile
Carolina Tanguay – a Raymond resident, Windham business owner, and native of Chile – is seeking donations that will go to those in her native country struggling in the aftermath of Feb. 27’s earthquake and tsunami. After leaving her native country in the late 1970s, Tanguay lived in Europe for about a decade before settling […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Brunswick School Board strips Watson of leadership over e-mail to Pingree, 'angry' comments
BRUNSWICK — During an emotionally charged meeting that pushed budget deliberations to the periphery, the School Board on Wednesday removed Byron Watson as chairman. Watson, who has publicly criticized the town’s state legislators and recently sent what some said was an inappropriate and sexist e-mail message to the speaker of the state House of Representatives, […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
Risky business – Les Otten and the rise and fall of American Skiing Co.
(Editor’s note: The following examination of gubernatorial candidate Leslie B. Otten’s role in American Skiing Co. by the nonprofit Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is the first in a series examining the claims and records of some of the leading candidates for governor.) If you Google “American Skiing Co.” and “Otten,” you get 4,700 […]