The film screened for the press early today ahead of its evening premiere is met with some of the worst reviews for a Cannes opener.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Bath, Brunswick land trusts inspire 'Young Green Thumbs'
BATH — It was a great round of show and tell. “Tomatoes!,” one child exclaimed as Becky Kolak, education coordinator with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, held up a picture of a partridge berry. Then Kolak showed the dandelion, whose name stems from the French term “dent de lion,” or “lions tooth.” “They look more […]
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Posted inMaine, News
Casco Bay Bridge paving work to begin Thursday
One lane will be kept open, but northbound delays are possible.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Innovative prosthetic arm from Segway inventor cleared by FDA
The limb can provide ‘near natural upper-arm extremity control’ to amputees and the device is modular so that it can be fitted to people who’ve suffered any degree of limb loss.
Posted inMaine, Maine Governor's race, News, Politics
Michaud to lead Portland’s Pride Parade
If elected, the rural Democratic congressman would be the first openly gay candidate in the U.S. to win a governor’s race.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Pine Point Grille adds to Scarborough dining options
SCARBOROUGH — Every summer throughout her childhood, on the way to her grandmother’s Pine Point beach house on Avenue 2, Sheila Masselli and her family admired the restaurant at 240 Pine Point Road. “Everyone in my family would be like, it’s a gold mine, because there’s nothing down here,” she recalled each summer, when she worked […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Current, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster
World Health Organization: MERS not an emergency
The majority of cases have been in Saudi Arabia, although the disease has spread within the region and to Asia, North Africa, Europe and the United States.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
World Health Organization: MERS not an emergency
The majority of cases have been in Saudi Arabia, although the disease has spread within the region and to Asia, North Africa, Europe and the United States.
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Sheltering drill planned at Scarborough High School
SCARBOROUGH — The Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency will hold a regional sheltering drill at Scarborough High School, 11 Municipal Drive, this Saturday, May 17, at 8 a.m. The exercise will imitate a large-scale natural disaster and will test the preparedness of the 13 participating agencies, which include the southern Maine chapter of the American Red […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Hundreds pay tribute to N.H. officer shot in the line of duty
Paying tribute from Washington were Sens. Kelly Ayotte and Jeanne Shaheen, who took to the Senate floor to honor Arkell.