Land trust seeks artists The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is now accepting artist submissions for its upcoming Paint for Preservation 2015, the organization’s annual juried wet paint auction, which will be held on July 12. On that day the juried artists will paint on site at designated public and private locations chosen to highlight Cape […]
February 2015
Posted inCurrent, The Forecaster
Scarborough councilors push back on state budget
The Scarborough Town Council is urging the Maine Legislature to craft a state budget that “prevents a significant increase” in local property taxes. A council resolution, set to be taken up at its meeting Wednesday, argues that Gov. Paul LePage’s budget proposal, which would eliminate municipal revenue sharing and modify the popular homestead exemption program […]
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Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Fairfield woman convicted of abducting her own children
A jury deliberated less than half an hour before finding BethMarie Retamozzo guilty of two counts of criminal restraint by a parent.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Richmond man allegedly steals car after assault, crashes, resists arrest
Richmond police say Jedediah Wasilewski had to be ‘forcibly arrested’ with assistance from Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s officers and Maine State Police.
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick may rein in unused employee vacation time
BRUNSWICK — A policy amendment to clarify the process by which employees can carry over unused vacation time will go to a Town Council public hearing Feb. 23. Under the updated policy, town employees who wish to carry over vacation time in excess of the 30-day maximum to the next year will have to obtain […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Lynx, bobcat topic of Topsham lecture
TOPSHAM — The bobcat and Canada lynx will be in the spotlight Tuesday, Feb. 24, at a program offered by the Cathance River Education Alliance and Topsham Public Library. The 6:30-8 p.m. presentation at the 25 Foreside Road library will be by project scientist Danielle Tetreau, whose research spans the Northeast, and who studied wildlife […]
Posted inNation & World, News
Copenhagen shooter used assault rifle, 2 handguns in attacks
Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, 22, was killed in firefight with police early Sunday after a shooting spree that authorities say may have been inspired by the terror attacks in Paris.
Posted inBusiness
U.S. consumers holding on to cash saved at gas pump
Even though Americans spent $6.7 billion less at gas stations in January than they had two months earlier, the extra cash didn’t get spent anywhere else.
Posted inPolitics
Jeb Bush: ‘I am my own man,’ not my brother or father
While he has not yet formally declared his candidacy for the 2016 presidential race, he is taking steps to distinguish himself from Georges W. and H.W.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth proposals would add up to 35 homes, public park
YARMOUTH — The Planning Board next week will review applications for two major subdivisions. The board on Feb. 25 will hold public hearings on a housing subdivision between Russell’s Hill Road and Highlands Farm Road, and on at a conceptual sketch plan for a housing subdivision on Sligo Road. The conceptual sketch plan on Sligo Road […]