SOUTH PORTLAND — KeyBank announced a $500,000 donation to Southern Maine Community College for use toward a student success initiative. The grant is the largest ever made by the KeyBank of Maine Foundation. According to a press release, the Path to Graduation (P2G) initiative will “guide students to college completion and strengthen their personal and academic […]
October 2014
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Topsham birth center celebrates accreditation
TOPSHAM — The Birth Center at Northern Sun, a 53 Main St. facility that serves the Mid-Coast and southern Maine, is now Maine’s only accredited provider of out-of-hospital births. Certification from the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers means high-quality care is given to pregnant women and their babies, according to the Birth Center, […]
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Posted inBusiness, News
Air bag recall now includes 7.8 million vehicles
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges owners to get the defective air bags replaced immediately.
Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Opinion, Southern Forecaster
GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Chief Justice Cutler
Sit down. I’m going to give you some news. You heard it here first. Within six months of the November election – and the victory of Gov. Paul LePage – Eliot Cutler will be the newest Justice on the Maine Supreme Court. In fact, if, for some reason, there is an unexpected vacancy in the […]
Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Opinion, Southern Forecaster
GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Chief Justice Cutler
Sit down. I’m going to give you some news. You heard it here first. Within six months of the November election – and the victory of Gov. Paul LePage – Eliot Cutler will be the newest Justice on the Maine Supreme Court. In fact, if, for some reason, there is an unexpected vacancy in the […]
Posted inCurrent, Forecaster Opinion, Southern Forecaster
GREETINGS FROM ZIP CODE 04074: Chief Justice Cutler
Sit down. I’m going to give you some news. You heard it here first. Within six months of the November election – and the victory of Gov. Paul LePage – Eliot Cutler will be the newest Justice on the Maine Supreme Court. In fact, if, for some reason, there is an unexpected vacancy in the […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
LETTERS: Too much money in campaigns
We’re all tired of the seemingly endless barrage of political campaign ads. If it seems this year’s campaign season has been awash with the greatest number of ads ever – most filled with half-truths, mistruths and misleading claims – it’s because a record amount of money is being spent in support of our state and […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Forecaster Opinion
LETTERS: Too much money in campaigns
We’re all tired of the seemingly endless barrage of political campaign ads. If it seems this year’s campaign season has been awash with the greatest number of ads ever – most filled with half-truths, mistruths and misleading claims – it’s because a record amount of money is being spent in support of our state and […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Mormons address mystery surrounding undergarments
A new video dispels the notion that adherents believe temple garments have special protective powers.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Topsham promotes assistant planner to department head
TOPSHAM — Rod Melanson, the town’s assistant/natural resources planner since 2004, was unanimously hired Oct. 16 by the Board of Selectmen as planning director, a role he has filled this year in an interim capacity. Melanson, who lives in Newcastle with his wife and two children, fills the position vacated in March by Rich Roedner, […]