To celebrate the completion of the South Portland High School, the public is invited to an open house Sunday, Jan. 4, from 2-4 p.m. A ribbon cutting takes place at 2 p.m. The high school is located at 637 Highland Ave. The multi-year, $50 million addition and renovation project was on track to be completed […]
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Posted inNorthern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland woman aims to crowdsource lobstering career
PORTLAND — When Marianna Tracy first went lobstering 15 years ago on Cliff Island, she knew she’d found her calling. “I just loved it, I tried it one day when I moved to the island and I fell in love with being on the water,” Tracy said last week. She said she went out for […]
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Mo’ne Davis named AP Female Athlete of the Year
She is the first girl to win a Little League World Series game, and her performance dazzled fans young and old.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
'First Day Hikes' to be held Jan. 1
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands will host free, guided hikes in five state parks on New Year’s Day as part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative. That initiative, held in all 50 states, offers individuals and families an opportunity to begin the New Year rejuvenating […]
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Police unsure whether drive-by shootings in Westbrook and Portland are linked
No one was injured early Sunday when a car was hit at least twice and a house was shot at multiple times.
Posted inBusiness
Why the U.S. will power the world economy in 2015
After long struggling to claw its way out of the Great Recession, the world’s biggest economy is on an extended win streak that is edging it closer to full health.
Posted inPolitics
Obama warns GOP he plans to use veto pen in 2015
The president plans to ‘defend gains’ made in health care and with the environment.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Peaks pond purchase preserves island pleasures
PORTLAND — A tradition of outdoor recreation will continue on Peaks Island as the Peaks Island Land Preserve this week completes its purchase of the Ice Pond for $60,000. “It is wonderful, we literally have been looking at the pond for nearly 20 years,” PILP President John Whitman said Dec. 26. “We are not only […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Weapons, and more, for cops: Portland-area police get $2M in surplus military equipment
In the past nine years, Portland-area police departments have received more than $2.07 million worth of combat rifles, armored vehicles and other equipment through a Defense Department program that transfers military supplies to domestic law enforcement agencies. A review of inventories released by the Pentagon in November and compiled by nonprofit news site The Marshall […]
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Maine shuts down scallop fishing areas in Washington County
State officials say continued fishing in the two areas could ‘damage sublegal scallops that could be caught during subsequent fishing seasons.’