I work as a kitchen manager for the Scarborough School Nutrition Program. I know from my 15 years working in this district that the town of Scarborough takes great pride in its schools and the education it offers to your children. The School Board is proposing severe cuts to the wages and benefits of the […]
2013
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Fed up with the president's vacation habits
Once again our illustrious president sees fit to go on another vacation golfing in Florida with Tiger Woods to the paltry tune of $1 million. It makes me feel so good when he has no conscience about spending this money on himself and has the audacity to tell us to inflate our tires to save […]
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Fugitive rapist returns to Mass. as ‘surreal’ story starts next chapter
Police recall being upset when Gary Irving disappeared, only to spend 34 years hiding in plain sight in Gorham.
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Letter: Disappointed with Collins' stance on tar sands
I am a retired high school science teacher who has followed climate science for the past 40 years. I write to express my disappointment with Sen. Susan Collins’ vote to endorse the Keystone tar sands pipeline. My question for her is: Do you believe in climate science as presented by the overwhelming majority of climate […]
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Portland lawyer credited as 'mastermind' behind landmark gay rights court cases
PORTLAND — Opponents and admirers alike have called Mary Bonauto the Thurgood Marshall of gay rights. For decades Bonauto, 51, of Portland, has been a force at the center of many landmark cases dealing with gay rights, from Augusta to the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2012, she successfully challenged the federal Defense […]
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Colo. prosecutors seek death penalty in theater attack
Police say James Holmes opened fire in full combat gear during a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” killing 12 people and injuring 70.
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Cartels dispatch agents deep inside U.S.
Cartel operatives are suspected of running drug networks in the Midwest, South and Northeast.
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Man rescued after falling through ice on Poland lake
The Poland fire chief says the man was walking back to shore in the dark when he tripped on a ridge in the ice and fell.
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Maine gas prices down another 3 cents
The average price is now almost 20 cents lower than at the same time last year, but still nine cents more than the national average.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Gorham fugitive extradited to Massachusetts
GORHAM – Arrested last week in Gorham, a fugitive from justice for more than three decades is being returned to Massachusetts, where he fled following conviction of rape and kidnapping charges stemming from 1978 at age 18. Gary A. Irving, 52, accompanied by his lawyer, signed a waiver of extradition in Cumberland County Court Monday […]