(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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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.
Freeport Public Market opening Thursday
With an Amato’s restaurant and three food kiosks, the businesses on Bow Street are all locally owned.
Boys’ roundup: Freeport tops Waynflete in lacrosse
Sam Wogan and Connor Dostie each score three goals in the Falcons’ 8-5 win.
William Worthy, newsman who challenged U.S. policies, dies at 92
The Bates College graduate reported from Communist China and Castro’s Cuba in the 1950s and 1960s.
South Portland beats Cheverus in a pitchers’ duel
Henry Curran shuts out the Stags and Mitchell Powers, 2-0.