The price is 16 cents a gallon higher than a month ago and 11 cents higher than a year ago.
2013
Posted inCoastal Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Letter: Quality education depends on people, not classrooms
I recently read a Forecaster piece by Edgar Allen Beem in which he raged against the popularity of online courses and what a scourge this trend is on education (The Universal Notebook, Jan. 14). And in the Jan. 25 issue, Mike Langworthy expressed the same bias for classroom-based face-to-face teaching and learning. The provocative title: […]
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Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
4 candidates seek South Portland City Council seat
SOUTH PORTLAND — Four candidates, including Planning Board Chairman Rob Schreiber and School Board Chairman Rick Carter, hope to be elected to complete the unexpired term of former District 1 City Councilor Tom Coward. The deadline was Friday, Feb. 1, for candidates to file papers to get on the ballot for the March 12 special […]
Posted inBusiness, News
Alaskan company brewing with beer power
After barely turning a profit by selling its spent grain, The Alaskan Brewing Co. is turning it into steam to power the majority of the brewery’s operations.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
STAYING CURRENT: Today in Cape, Scarborough and South Portland
Balking at the budget: Tonight, the South Portland City Council is expected to become the latest municipality to give a formal raspberry to Gov. Paul LePage and his attempts to balance state books for the next two fiscal years. The meeting agenda includes a resolution “Expressing opposition to the proposed State of Maine biennium budget.” […]
Posted inNews, Politics
Kerry has ‘big heels to fill’ at State Dept.
Kerry reached out to Israeli and Palestinian leaders in phone calls Sunday, assuring them the Obama administration will continue to pursue a Mideast peace agreement.
Posted inCapitol Ticker
Morning Briefing 2.4.13
And we’re back . . . Movin’ on up: Jason Savage, head of Gov. Paul LePage’s political organization, Maine People Before Politics, is now the executive director of the Maine Republican Party. Savage’s political career has been on an upward trajectory since the former Marden’s employee became an activist for LePage during his 2010 gubernatorial […]
Posted inNews
2 teens injured in Lincoln truck crash
Police say speed and alcohol are believed to be factors.
Posted inCurrent, Southern Forecaster
Scarborough High School principal resigns
SCARBOROUGH – The principal of Scarborough High School stepped down Friday and will be replaced by an interim “school leadership team.” According to an press release issued Friday afternoon by Superintendent George Entwistle, Dean Auriemma “has recognized that the demands of the job of high school principal are not compatible with meeting the needs of […]
Posted inNation & World, News
In Focus: No more winter of discontent for Richard III
Scientists say remains are those of the king who died in battle, and fans hope to recast his reputation.