Falmouth Thu. 3/8 7 p.m. Long Range Planning Advisory Committee THMon. 3/12 7 p.m. Council Meeting TH Cumberland Thu. 3/8 CANCELED: Board of Adjustment and AppealsMon. 3/12 7 p.m. Town Council THTue. 3/13 6:30 p.m. Twin Brook Advisory Committee THWed. 3/14 6 p.m. Val Halla Board Meeting TH Freeport Thu. 3/8 6:30 p.m. Shellfish […]
March 2012
Posted inForecaster Opinion, The Forecaster
Letter: Engage in Falmouth water view discussion
Creating a water overlay district is the correct first step for the Falmouth Town Council in its efforts to provide clarity around water view protection and to clean up the unintended consequences of the 2006 amendment to the zoning ordinance. The 2006 amendment currently forces those with nonconforming lots who want to build additions to […]
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Portland School Notebook
Portland student advances to state poetry competition PORTLAND — Kiana Sawyer, a student at Portland High School, was one of five winners at the recent Poetry Out Loud Southern Regional competition in Biddeford. She will advance to the statewide competition at Bates College in March. About 9,000 Maine students competed for the chance to be among […]
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The View From Away: Living with ADD (theirs, not mine)
Drove down to Massachusetts a couple of weeks ago to have lunch with our son. Bobby came in from Chicago to see his girlfriend. Not us, his blood, the people who gave him life. Oh, no. The GF, and her family. Yeah. He’ll stay with them, no problem. Because that’s where … she … is. […]
Posted inForecaster Obituaries, The Forecaster
Frances H. Bean, 82: Devoted mother and grandmother
PORTLAND — Frances H. Bean, 82, died Feb. 26 at Maine Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born in Portland on May 8, 1929, to Joseph and Lillian Peters Gallant. Bean graduated from Portland High School and went to work for Maine National Bank until she married her husband of 62 years, Frank G. […]
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Dispatches
Elderly couple escapes fire that broke out near stove / Firefighters extricate driver after SUV rolls over on ice / Maine motorcyclists get new registration system / . .. and more news from around the state.
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State House Notebook: Bill requires expanded disclosure of state funds
Legislators who make money from state contracts will be required to disclose more information to the public under a bill that the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee is considering today. The bill, L.D. 1806, was proposed by Gov. Paul LePage after a Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting story showed that between 2003 and […]
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Dancing the night away for STRIVE
Some 150 people participate in the 12-hour marathon at USM, raising a record amount in pledges.
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Obama says force against Iran is option
While advocating diplomacy on the issue of Iran’s nuclear capability, the president offers assurances to Israel.
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The race is on … for signatures
Three dozen Mainers make a ‘mad dash’ to become candidates for Congress.