Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve wants more leeway to monitor suspects’ electronic communications.
February 2015
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland finds more places to dump snow
PORTLAND — Another week, another storm (or two), and more parking bans. The 2.3 inches recorded by the National Weather Service last Saturday and Sunday was far less than the forecasts calling for up to 2 feet of snow, but a 36-hour parking ban remained in place through Monday. As the running total for city […]
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Posted inSports
A-Rod makes vague apology, turns down news conference
The five-paragraph statement issued Tuesday, three days before the team opens spring training, was addressed ‘to the fans.’
Posted inNation & World, News
Float accident in Haitian Carnival parade kills at least 20
Video from the scene shows sparks coursing from the wire after a singer from the Haitian hip-hop group Barikad Crew was touched by an overhead power line as the float passed beneath it.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
A chance of more snow this week, with cold a definite
Over the weekend much of the area missed a big storm. While York County got hit hard, as did Down East Maine, the rest of the state skated by without much snow. Again today this is the case, as a storm passes safely out to sea to our south. However, this isn’t the end of […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Community Calendar: Feb. 18 to March 3
Greater Portland Benefits American Heart Association, “Go Red for Women” Luncheon on March 10 at Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland, accepting reservations, 879-5700, mainegoredluncheon.heart.org. Saturday 2/21 Portland Polar Dip, to benefit Camp Sunshine, noon/10 a.m. registration, East End Beach, Portland, 655-3800, freezinforareason.com. Viva Lebowski, bowling fundraiser to benefit Alzheimer’s Association of […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Postponed: Portland Polar Dip for Camp Sunshine
PORTLAND — Organizers on Thursday postponed the eighth annual Portland Polar Dip, which was scheduled for noon Saturday, Feb. 21, at East End Beach, because of ice floes in the water. The event will be rescheduled, but the new date has not yet been determined. The dip into Casco Bay is a fundraiser for Casco-based […]
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland capital budget will increase borrowing for fiscal 2016
PORTLAND — The fiscal year 2016 capital improvements budget will have a second public hearing before the City Council Finance Committee at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24. An initial draft of the plan for bonds totalling $14.25 million for municipal, school, public art, and land bank projects, has at least $7 million of the $13.1 […]
Posted inCoastal Journal, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Arts Calendar: Feb. 18 to March 3
Greater Portland Books/Authors Wednesday 2/18 “The Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn,” Freeport Historical Society discussion with authors James Myall and Mary Rice-Defosse, 6:30 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3170, freeporthistoricalsociety.org. Wednesday 2/25 “What Burns Away,” Brown Bag discussion with author Melissa Falcon Field, noon, free, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, portlandlibrary.com. […]
Posted inLife & Culture
NY tourism website urges visitors to go to Florida instead
Tuesday’s temperatures plunged to 28 degrees below zero.
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