(Ed. Note: For the complete Falmouth-Yarmouth and Yarmouth-York boys’ basketball, Falmouth-Poland and Freeport-York girls’ basketball and Greely-Scarborough girls’ hockey game stories, please visit theforecaster.net) A calendar year is coming to a close, but the new winter sports season is just getting going. Local athletes have already made their mark in several sports and the best […]
2012
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: Dec. 28
Arrests 12/19 at 3:40 a.m. Aaron Gilchrist, 32, of Sweet Fern Road, was arrested on Fowler Road by Officer Aaron Webster on a charge of operating under the influence and operating beyond license restrictions. 12/19 at 6:47 p.m. A 17-year-old male, of Cape Elizabeth, was arrested on Ocean House Road by Officer Rory Diffin on […]
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Brunswick Police Beat: Dec. 28
Arrests 12/19 at 5:17 p.m. John P. Roberts Jr., 42, of Mill Lane, Westbrook, was arrested on Tibbetts Drive by Lt. Todd Ridlon on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. John J. Connors, 40, of Verrill Road, Portland, also was arrested on the same charge. 12/21 at 1:19 p.m. Frank A. Cuppernell, […]
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Police chief warns of improper ATV use
PHIPPSBURG A teenage boy was operating a four-wheeler Wednesday night on Route 209, following another vehicle closely and operating without taillights, Police Chief John Skroski said today. All that, the chief said, adds up to a dangerous situation. “With no lighting on, a car from the rear could come from behind with a serious crash […]
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In Dresden
DRESDEN A Dresden filmmaker has chronicled the challenges and struggles of a local farming couple. Filmed during the “disastrous” growing season of 2009, “Goranson Farm: An Uncertain Harvest” follows Jan Goranson and Rob Johanson, their family and the community that surrounds them as they struggle against the worst growing season in their 25 years of […]
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WOOLWICH RESIDENT HELPS OUT
WOOLWICH “The first time I met her, she was standing outside of the school. I said, ‘Why isn’t she in school?’ “And they said ‘No money,’” Woolwich resident Lolita Bowen said. She was recalling her visit last year to Burkina Faso, an African nation where she met 5-year-old Latefatou, who lives in the village of […]
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Rights panel to hear claim
A Brunswick woman who alleged she was fired for reporting “what she reasonably believed to be illegal work practice” for billing MaineCare has reasonable grounds to proceed with her claim, a Maine Human Rights Commission investigator has found. The commission is expected to rule on the claim when it meets Jan. 14. According to commission […]
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Cornell du Houx drops re-election bid
BRUNSWICK Nearly two months after becoming the subject of a temporary protection-from-abuse order and amid pressure from party leaders to drop a reelection bid, House District 66 Rep. Alex Cornell du Houx, D-Brunswick, announced June 29 he would not seek re-election. The story was the No. 10 most important to Times Record editors and readers […]
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Snow on tap today
A major winter storm forecast for today will bring perhaps a foot of snow to interior Maine, prompting Brunswick police to issue a temporary parking ban from 2 to 7 a.m. this morning. The storm system erupted Christmas Day with tornadoes on the Gulf Coast and snow across the nation’s midsection before heading for the […]
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Topsham pet clinic has ‘Thundershirts’
TOPSHAM Coastal Maine Great Dane Rescue has received a grant of Thundershirts — innovative jackets its inventor says uses gentle pressure to calm dogs and ease their anxiety. The company has partnered with the Petfinder.com Foundation to donate Thundershirts to adoption organizations across the country. The goal of the grant program is to reduce the […]