The governor will tour the battlefield with the Maine and Alabama National Guard and take part in a ceremony at Little Round Top.
2013
Posted inOpinion
Leonard Pitts: Zimmerman verdict a wake-up call for African-Americans
Four words of advice for African-Americans in the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal: Wake the hell up. The Sunday after Zimmerman went free was a day of protest for many of us. From Biscayne Boulevard in Miami to Leimert Park in Los Angeles, to the Daley Center in Chicago to Times Square in New York […]
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Waterville festival to screen two Maine-based films
Both works-in-progress are based on true stories of the Maine woods.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s fisheries commissioner hosts final lobster forum
Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher is hosting a meeting Wednesday at Scarborough High School.
Posted inNation & World, News
AG Eric Holder pans ‘Stand Your Ground’
The attorney general tells the NAACP such laws ‘senselessly expand the concept of self-defense.’
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly
GUEST COLUMN – Account executives helpful to business
As Maine’s director of business development and innovation, it is important for me to know that Maine businesses receive the help and resources they need to be successful. Having worked with innumerable businesses across our great state, I am keenly aware that the process of starting or growing a business can sometimes be arduous and […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
South Portland Notes – 7/17
Property sale, part one The South Portland City Council cleared the way Monday for the sale of city-owned lot at 25 Colonial Ave. The 10,000-square-foot property, the last lot on the dead-end road, is one of 46 taken by the city for back taxes between 1923 and 2009 that went under review last year. The […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Cookouts to aid cupboard
The South Portland Food Cupboard is moving to a new site on Thaddeus Street later this summer. To help defray the cost of moving its refrigerators, walk-in freezer, food, etc., Cluster 22 K of C have joined together to conduct three cookouts to raise funds for this move. The Food Cupboard shares food with more […]
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Public channels move to digital
Time Warner Cable will begin broadcasting public access channels in Cape Elizabeth and South Portland in digital format beginning “on or about” July 23. While most customers will see no change, and will continue to get community television programming on existing channels Channel 2 in South Portland, Channel 3 in Cape customers using QAM tuners […]
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
A shift in housing strategy
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland Housing Authority plans to sell seven buildings it owns throughout the city to fund construction of a 20-unit senior housing complex on Landry Circle. The proposal comes as the city is dealing with high demand for senior housing, and for subsidized housing in general. “We believe it is better […]