Awards Christine Bearce, the physical education teacher and assistant principal at Longfellow Elementary School in Portland, has received the highest award for leadership given by the Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. The award, given at the association’s recent conference in Rockland, recognizes Bearce for her significant contributions to the physical education […]
2012
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland Police Beat: Dec. 26
Arrests 12/14 at 3 a.m. Wesley I. St. Pierre, 31, of Kittery Point, was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Paul King on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. 12/14 at 8 a.m. Kevin C. Young, 46, of Hollis, was arrested on County Way by Officer Christopher Sibley on […]
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Portland School Notebook
Cumberland schools rewarded for health initiatives PORTLAND—Recipients of this year’s Let’s Go! Bronze, Silver and Gold Recognition Awards were recently recognized for their efforts to promote and support healthy eating and active living for the children they serve. Three local schools, four after-school programs and 22 child care facilities in Cumberland County received awards in […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Frank Beardsley, ‘Yours, Mine and Ours’ patriarch, dies at 97
When the delivery truck pulled up at the base of their steep driveway, the Beardsley children knew what to do. The crew, clad in hand-me-down clothes, poured out of their eight-bedroom Carmel, Calif., home and down the hill. They helped unload 50-pound bags of flour and huge tubs of jam. Grocery shopping for 22 was […]
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In jail for Christmas
Eight Maine mothers, locked up because of substance abuse, talk about living, learning and what they’re missing.
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
In jail for Christmas
Eight Maine mothers, locked up because of substance abuse, talk about living, learning and what they’re missing.
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
In jail for Christmas
Eight Maine mothers, locked up because of substance abuse, talk about living, learning and what they’re missing.
Posted inNation & World
Yemen tries to hide U.S. role in airstrike
U.S. officials acknowledge that 13 civilian deaths resulted from an American missile attack on a truck.
Posted inNation & World
Second term: What legacy awaits?
The president must decide how to approach issues such as immigration and gun control.
Posted inNation & World
Talks to end Syrian civil war falter
Meanwhile, the opposition charges that Syrian forces used toxic gas against rebel fighters in Homs.