The father of Ayla Reynolds is back in jail after police say he violated his bail conditions in connection with an assault charge in Portland.
September 2013
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Obama steps up his pitch to strike Syria
He says Syria’s offer of giving up all chemical weapons is positive, but ‘if we don’t maintain and move forward with a credible threat of military pressure,’ Syria may back off its proposal.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
In Sanford, no run-of-the-mill success
Officials celebrate a public-private effort that helped restore the historic Sanford Mill and attract tenants.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Familiar faces vying for public office in Biddeford
Mayor Alan Casavant is among the incumbents being challenged by a predecessor.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Falmouth dementia-care center to break ground
FALMOUTH — OceanView retirement community will have a groundbreaking ceremony for a new memory-care facility at 11 a.m., Sept. 18, at the former Lunt Elementary School, 192 Middle Road. Legacy Memory Care is planned as a 24-apartment, dementia- and Alzheimer’s-care community. OceanView purchased the 20-acre property, which also includes the former Sampson D. Plummer School, […]
Posted inNews
Saco to elect new mayor, entire City Council
Mayor Mark Johnston, who has served in the office for a total of 14 years, is not seeking re-election.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Charter school for grades 6-12 proposed in Portland
PORTLAND — A Colorado Springs, Colo.-based nonprofit has proposed opening the city’s second charter school next year, according to a letter of intent filed with the Maine Charter School Commission last week. The grade 6-12 school, called Adventures in Learning Career Academies, would be formed by Adventures in Learning k-12, a company that has provided […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Zimmerman’s wife won’t press charges despite frantic 911 call
She tells a dispatcher that Zimmerman punched her father, smashed an iPad and threatened them with a gun, but she later recants her story.
Posted inNation & World, News
Poll: Most Americans oppose strike on Syria
Only 1 in 5 Americans believe that failing to respond to chemical weapons attacks in Syria would embolden other rogue governments.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
South Portland girls charged after cat-in-microwave video surfaces
SOUTH PORTLAND — Two 15-year-old girls were issued summonses Monday on cruelty to animals charges after allegedly putting a cat in a microwave oven last week. Police Lt. Frank Clark said the alleged incident, believed to have occurred last Thursday, was brought to police attention after a video was posted on Twitter. Clark said the cat […]