Voters on Nov. 5 will decide a five-way race for two seats on the council and a four-way race for two seats on the school board.
September 2013
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Donor lists criticized in Maine gubernatorial race
Support for the candidates is dominated by large donations from wealthy people who aren’t representative of most Mainers, a report says.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Donor lists criticized in Maine gubernatorial race
Support for the candidates is dominated by large donations from wealthy people who aren’t representative of most Mainers, a report says.
Posted inNation & World, News, Sports
Prosecutors pursue assault case against Boston Celtics player
Jared Sullinger’s lawyer says his girlfriend does not want to continue the case.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Miyake's way: From Freeport pig farm to plates in Portland
PORTLAND — Miyake restaurant was on the verge of a dinner rush. In the exposed kitchen, on the other side of a thick pine bar, chef-owner Masa Miyake was calm. Standing under dim pendant lights, Miyake straightened his ink-black coat, grabbed a ticket and expedited the next order. His staff of attentive cooks snapped into […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland Technology Park: Unique setting, or in need of a niche?
PORTLAND — If you build it, will they come? Officials hoped so at a Sept. 18 ribbon-cutting for the first city-owned business park. Portland Technology Park, a 26-acre site off Rand Road, is intended to lure businesses in the state’s growing life-sciences industry. But whether the park will attract them remains to be seen. After […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Giant pumpkin sets Cumberland County Fair record
CUMBERLAND — Opening day at the Cumberland County Fair went from a feared washout to a confirmed winner. Although wet conditions early Sunday morning threatened to keep things quiet, the emergence of the sun as the day progressed brought the crowds in, which made Fair President Mike Timmons pretty happy. “When that beautiful sun came […]
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland man dies in Route 77 crash in Scarborough
Police say the car crashed into a tree and burst into flames shortly after 7 a.m. A passing motorist extinguished the fire.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Year-long restoration to begin for Portland's Fort Allen Park
PORTLAND — Work could begin as soon as this week on a long-anticipated restoration of Fort Allen Park, the historic, five-acre open space adjoining the Eastern Promenade. Plans approved last year by the city’s Historic Preservation Board call for removing most of the park’s evergreen and crabapple trees, which were not included in its construction […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Conn. police investigate drug that felled concert-goers
One of the concert-goers, an unidentified 19-year-old man, suffered a heart condition after taking the drug, 2C-P.