April 6, 1988 After seven years of city service in South Portland, Mike Farmer is moving to the private sector. The 35-year-old city engineer-pollution abatement director will leave April 15 to become a limited partner in a new Gorham company that will provide environmental engineering advice to private developers. The new company, called Advanced Engineering, […]
2013
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Arrest made in murder of woman found dead at Portland motel
PORTLAND — A 19-year-old New York man has been arrested for the alleged murder of a Westbrook woman whose body was discovered Jan. 17 in a Riverside Street motel parking lot, Police Chief Michael Sauschuck announced Wednesday. Anthony Pratt, of the New York City borough of Queens, was taken into custody there Tuesday for allegedly […]
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Pirates sign Phoenix draft pick
Defenseman James Melindy has spent the last three seasons with the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Scarborough High School academic decathletes prepare for the national stage
SCARBOROUGH — Was anaphylactic shock a partial cause in the death of Russian monk Gregory Rasputin? The opinionated members of the successful Scarborough High School academic decathlon team could not agree when asked two weeks ago. But they did know his malevolent hold on the ruling Romanoff family led him to be poisoned, shot and […]
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VIDEO: Dipping for elvers
This April 2012 video features John Moore of Freeport fishing for elvers in an unnamed southern Maine river.
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Scarborough Library looking for books, photos
SCARBOROUGH — Donations for the annual Friends of the Scarborough Library book sale are now being accepted in the library lobby at 415 Gorham Road. The sale takes place June 21-23 and supports library operations. Organizers are seeking gently used books. They will not accept textbooks, condensed books, or magazines. Arrangements can be made to […]
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Youth tanning ban goes to LePage; veto expected
Democrats say the ban is a public health issue, but Republicans say it removes parental discretion.
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Endangered Biddeford turtles ready for warmer waters
Five of the endangered loggerheads are going to Florida to be released into the ocean.
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NY man accused of killing Westbrook woman
Police say a 19-year-old shot Margarita Fisenko Scott, 29, whose body was found weeks later outside a Portland motel.
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Damage to Maine-NH bridge still being assessed
Maine’s Department of Transportation withdraws a preliminary repair estimate of $500,000.