BRUNSWICK — Tuesday’s presentation on a scaled-back version of a new police station was disappointing to some members of the Police Station Committee, which rejected a more expensive plan two weeks ago. “It showed us that those nice things we want, we can’t afford,” Town Council Chairwoman Joanne King said. The new version, presented by […]
2012
Posted inForecaster Obituaries, The Forecaster
Daniel Leveris, 61
BRUNSWICK — Daniel Leveris, 61, died March 28. He was born in Haverhill, Mass., on Oct. 15, 1960, the only child of Alexander and Helen Faniades Leveris. After graduating high school, he served as a volunteer full-time minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses for several years, spending one year at the World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y. On April […]
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Douglas Carmichael, 89
BRUNSWICK — Douglas Carmichael, 89, died on March 26. He was born in Greenwich, Conn., in 1923, the son of George and Helen Carmichael. He will be remembered for his philosophical outlook on life, gentle humor, delight in good food, fondness for travel, passion for Scottish history, Arthurian legend and love of family. He married Helen […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
CURRENT CALENDAR 4/4
Friday, April 6 Exhibit open house, 5:30-7 p.m., for Cape Elizabeth Art League, at Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth. Refreshments will be served. Saturday, April 7 Adoptable dogs in Scarborough, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at Pet Quarters, 486 Payne Road, Scarborough. Join the Animal Welfare Society Mobile Adoption Team. For more information, call Animal Welfare Society […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Scarborough's tax bills may soar
SCARBOROUGH – Five hours into a school budget workshop Saturday in Scarborough, just as directors and administrators were looking their most torpid and ready to tip below the tables, Jacquelyn Perry set off a bomb. “I never thought I would say this – I am known in this town as a big spender as a […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Topsham selectmen mull fireworks ballot questions
TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen is expected to vote Thursday on the language of fireworks-related referendum questions for the June 12 ballot. The board voted 4-1 last month to send the questions to referendum, instead of to the May 16 Town Meeting. Selectman David Douglass opposed the motion. Two ballot questions, each with three […]
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Police investigating scam against former Lake Region student
NAPLES – The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a complaint made by the Lake Region School District regarding a financial scam. On April 2, a former student’s parents received a call from a person claiming to be the SAD 61’s financial coordinator, the sheriff’s office said in a press release. The caller indicated there […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
ARTS CALENDAR – 4/4
Theater Saturday, April 7 “Memorial Day,” staged reading by Lynn Cullen, 7:30 p.m., Acorn Studio Theater, Westbrook. $5 donation. 854-0065 or www.acorn-productions.org. “Red Riding Hood and the Big ‘Bad’ Wolf,” presented by Portland Ballet Company, 11 a.m., Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. Narrated by Suzanne Nance of MPBN. $5-$10, at the door. “Nightingale,” […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
ARTS CALENDAR – 4/4
Theater Saturday, April 7 “Memorial Day,” staged reading by Lynn Cullen, 7:30 p.m., Acorn Studio Theater, Westbrook. $5 donation. 854-0065 or www.acorn-productions.org. “Red Riding Hood and the Big ‘Bad’ Wolf,” presented by Portland Ballet Company, 11 a.m., Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. Narrated by Suzanne Nance of MPBN. $5-$10, at the door. “Nightingale,” […]
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Yahoo dumps 2,000 workers in latest purge
The housecleaning marks Yahoo’s sixth mass layoff in the past four years under three different CEOs.