Even in a good year, Maine’s budget-making process seems backward, with municipalities and schools forced to formulate a spending plan before the state decides how much it is going to kick in. And this is certainly not a good year. Local budgets are typically first proposed by administrators in February or March. They are then […]
2013
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Current calendar – 4/4
Thursday, April 4 Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland Jr. ,” performed by the Cape Elizabeth Middle School Drama Club, 7 p.m., in the middle school cafetorium. Appropriate for all ages. $8 for adults and $5 for students and children. 799-8176. Scarborough Democratic Town Committee meeting, 7-8:30 p.m., at Scarborough Municipal Building, Chambers B, on Route 1. […]
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Appointment denials cause flaps in Scarborough, South Portland
Two local officials have been denied reappointment in recent weeks, leading to allegations of favoritism, if not outright abuse of power. In Scarborough, Planning Board alternate member Kerry Corthell, appointed in February 2011 to fill out a vacant term, lost her bid for a full three-year seating March 20 when the Town Council voted to […]
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South Portland teen tops peers in big bowling events
SOUTH PORTLAND – Shannon Scribner of South Portland is on a roll at the lanes. The 16-year-old junior bowler’s talent and determination have secured her victories in every event she could possibly win this season, which her co-coach, Mike Walker of Big 20 Bowling on Route 1 in Scarborough, describes as an “amazing accomplishment.” One […]
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South Portland teen tops peers in big bowling events
SOUTH PORTLAND – Shannon Scribner of South Portland is on a roll at the lanes. The 16-year-old junior bowler’s talent and determination have secured her victories in every event she could possibly win this season, which her co-coach, Mike Walker of Big 20 Bowling on Route 1 in Scarborough, describes as an “amazing accomplishment.” One […]
Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Sports
South Portland teen tops peers in big bowling events
SOUTH PORTLAND – Shannon Scribner of South Portland is on a roll at the lanes. The 16-year-old junior bowler’s talent and determination have secured her victories in every event she could possibly win this season, which her co-coach, Mike Walker of Big 20 Bowling on Route 1 in Scarborough, describes as an “amazing accomplishment.” One […]
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Bookmobile brings books, Internet to Portland neighborhoods
The city’s library unveiled a sleek, colorful van that can carry 1,500 titles to neighborhoods that don’t have library branches or easy access to services.
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El Rodeo restaurant to open in S. Portland
It will be the Mexican-themed chain’s first foray into Maine.
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Waynflete skier caps memorable year
Louis Frumer, the lone member of the Waynflete Alpine ski team, had a winter to remember. Frumer won the Class C slalom and was third in the giant slalom. The Western Maine Conference all-star then placed first in the GS and eighth in the slalom at the “Shootout” (all classes of high schools competing), to […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth study could lead to more commercial shellfish harvesting
YARMOUTH — The town’s commercial clam harvesting licenses could swell – to the dismay of local fishermen – if a new study finds the area’s shellfish population is sufficient. The study comes after the Department of Marine Resources, which oversees the state’s shellfish resources, said the area’s clam flats could absorb more commercial harvesting. Clammers disagreed, […]