PORTLAND—The weight of history was the backdrop to the latest installment of an ever-more-heated rivalry Tuesday afternoon at Fore River Fields. The two-time defending Class B champion Waynflete girls’ lacrosse team, seemingly back in form after an impressive win Saturday, took on Cape Elizabeth in the first of two (perhaps three meetings) this spring. While […]
May 2014
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Nothern Meetings: May 15-21
Chebeague Island Thur. 5/15 6 p.m. Board of Selectmen Island Hall Mon. 5/19 4:30 p.m. Cemetery Committee Fire Station Mon. 5/19 5:30 p.m. Sunset Committee Historical Society Tues. 5/20 3:30 p.m. Road Plan Committee TO Tues. 5/20 7:15 p.m. Planning Board TO Cumberland Mon. 5/19 7 p.m. MSAD 51 School Board Workshop Greely High School […]
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Florence Bennett Wile-Hodsdon, 91: Active volunteer, loved music
YARMOUTH — Florence Bennett Wile-Hodsdon, 91, longtime resident of Yarmouth, died April 30 at Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick. She was born June 7, 1922, in Yarmouth to George T. and Harriette Bennett Cleaves. She graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 1939, attended Northeastern Business College, and began working for the Union Mutual Insurance Company in 1940. […]
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Falmouth Police Beat: May 15
Arrests 5/2 at 12:10 a.m. Jessica L. Jordan, 35, of Second Street, Auburn, was arrested on the Maine Turnpike Spur by Officer Jeff Pardue on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license. 5/7 at 12:15 a.m. Dominic A. Ross, 23, of Egypt Road, Gray, was arrested on Gray Road by Officer Dennis […]
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Spring season hits midway point
(Ed. Note: For the complete Cheverus-Scarborough baseball, Deering-Scarborough boys’ lacrosse and Cheverus-Windham and Waynflete-Scarborough girls’ lacrosse game stories, with photos and box scores, please see theforecaster.net) With nicer weather (finally) as a backdrop, the short spring season neared its midway point in recent days and action has heated up on the diamonds, fields, tracks and […]
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Freeport Police Beat: May 15
Arrests 5/7 at 8:52 a.m. Leon J. Sutton, 32, of South Street, Biddeford, was arrested on Estuary Point by Detective Sgt. Martin Rinaldi on charges of failing to stop for an officer, operating while license suspended or revoked, unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and speeding 15-to-19 mph over the limit in a school zone. […]
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Super Six polls
Here’s the latest version of our Super-Six polls for baseball, softball and boys’ and girls’ lacrosse The poll considers games played through Saturday, May 10, and was initially released on Twitter at Twitter.com/foresports Sunday afternoon. The poll includes our core coverage area (coastal Cumberland County from Cape Elizabeth to Freeport) and is based solely on […]
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Yarmouth library hits fundraising goal
YARMOUTH — Merrill Memorial Library this week announced it has reached its $1 million fundraising goal, as renovation of the 108-year-old building continues. The capital campaign funds, raised over the past year, will supplement a $1.5 million renovation bond approved by voters last June by a 3-to-1 margin. The renovation, designed by Barba & Wheelock Architecture […]
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Cumberland Police Beat: May 15
Arrests 5/1 at 7:06 p.m. Sara Dymond, 35, of Bradley Street, Saco, was arrested by Officer Thomas Adams at U.S. Route 1 and Thomas Drive on an outstanding warrant from another agency. Summonses No criminal summonses were reported from April 28 to May 5. Fire calls 5/1 at 3:26 p.m. Permitted burn on Union Road. […]
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Bill Nemitz: Critics of ‘new’ hunting season may have to eat some crow
It turns out Maine has had a crow hunt for many years.