OLD ORCHARD BEACH— While the goal of a playoff berth was not reached by the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide, the team did end the home part of their schedule on a high note Wednesday afternoon. The Tide (23-29) banged out 17 hits en route to an 11-4 victory over the Seacoast Mavericks (20-32) in […]
2012
Posted inJournal Tribune, Obituaries
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012
Pauline R. Canning, 82, of Saco, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 at Maine General’s Glenridge Living Community in Augusta, with her loving family at her side. She had lived several years with Alzheimer’s disease. Visiting hours will be on 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Cote Funeral Home, 87 James St., Saco. A Mass of […]
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Conservationists celebrate Timber Point
BIDDEFORD — When Josephine Ewing was young, she used to spend summer and fall weekends playing with her cousins on the coast of Maine, swimming, milking cows and jumping onto piles of hay. Since 1929, when Louise Parsons Ewing bought the more than 100-acre Biddeford Pool property, known as Timber Point, several generations of Ewings […]
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Local schools announce Monday practice schedules
Three local schools have announced their first day practice schedule. Fall sports practice begins Monday. At Freeport, boys’ soccer begins at 8 a.m. and goes until 11 a.m., on the high school field. Girls’ soccer goes from 8 a.m. to noon, also on the high school field. Field hockey begins at 8 a.m. and goes […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Art festival finds old home amid new park improvements
SOUTH PORTLAND — Great art requires time, but Art in the Park organizers and construction crews raced the clock to prepare Mill Creek Park for the 9 a.m. Aug. 11 festival. “It’s a pretty fancy trick to make over a park and have an art show,” said Linda Eastman, who is chairman and fundraiser for […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
A beautiful morning to sail
“Morning Star,” skippered by Jim Palmer, sails toward a first place finish in the Manana Island Class at last weekend’s 78th Monhegan Race. Other division winners included “Revolution II,” skippered by Doyle Marchant (Division I), “Intangible,” skippered by Wolfgang Bauchinger (Division II), “Buzz,” skippered by Richard Stevenson (Double Handed), “Tittravate,” skippered by Steve Ribble (Seguin […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Pejepscot Historical Society offers two new walking tours
BRUNSWICK — Two walking tours will give residents a new perspective on some of the town’s most well known sites this Sunday. The Pejepscot Historical Society has been hosting informal walking tours around town and through their museums since the early 1960s, but a year ago they began holding them almost every weekend. Both the Women’s […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Beach to Beacon runner in a class all her own
CAPE ELIZABETH — Dottie Gray is the most seasoned runner at the TD Beach to Beacon 10K you’ve never heard of. She runs more than 50 races a year, is a former world record holder for the 800-meter race and a national record holder for the 1,500-meters. Gray also ran the fastest Beach to Beacon […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland Police Beat: Aug. 10
Arrests 7/29 at 5:40 p.m. Ricky Carpenter, 49, of New Hampshire, was arrested on Philbrook Avenue by Officer Andrew Nelson on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking. 7/30 at 3:37 p.m. Willard S. Adams, 32, of North Yarmouth, was arrested on Highland Avenue by Officer Kevin Sager on charges of unlawful trafficking in drugs […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Northern Meetings: Aug. 9-16
Cumberland Thu. 8/9 7 p.m. Board of Adjustments & Appeals THMon. 8/13 7 p.m. Town Council THWed. 8/15 6 p.m. Energy Advisory Th Falmouth Thu. 8/9 8 a.m. Community Development THThu. 8/9 4:30 p.m. Food Pantry THThu. 8/9 7 p.m. Long Range Planning Committee THMon. 8/13 7 p.m. Council Meeting TH Freeport Thu. 8/9 7:30 […]