Rising oil prices help push U.S. stock indexes higher A jump in oil prices helped push U.S. stocks indexes sharply higher for a second day on Tuesday, erasing much of their losses from the start of the year. U.S. benchmark oil surged 7 percent on hopes that a seven-month collapse in prices that had rattled […]
February 2015
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Scientific facts contradict group’s ‘very high risk’ label for American eel
In 2012 Maine recorded its highest-ever level of new eels entering the population, and the numbers remain positive.
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Posted inFood
Where to take your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day
Here’s a roundup of restaurants with holiday offerings.
Posted inFood
Stumped for a Valentine’s gift? Think outside the chocolate box
Here are three less usual – and local – Valentine’s Day surprises for your sweetie.
Posted inFood
As interest in food grows in Maine, so does appetite for good stories about food
More publications, more writers, more photographers focus on food.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth Police Beat: Feb. 5
Arrests No arrests were reported from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1. Summonses 1/26 at 9:37 a.m. Robert Dennison, 56, of John Howland Drive, was issued a summons at North Road and Balsam Lane by Officer Michael Pierce on a charge of operating with suspended or revoked registration. Fire calls 1/27 at 4:54 a.m. Fire alarm […]
Posted inForecaster Obituaries, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Aubrey C. Thomas, 74
YARMOUTH — Aubrey Currie Thomas, 74, died at home on Jan. 25 following a year-long fight with lung cancer. Thomas was born May 8, 1940, in Bronxville, New York, to Allen and Muriel (Currie) Thomas. He grew up at The Graham School, which was run by his father and grandfather in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He attended […]
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Northern Meetings: Feb. 5-11
Chebeague Island Sat. 2/7 9 a.m. Board of Selectmen (Workshop) IH Wed. 2/11 6 p.m. Board of Selectmen IH Cumberland Thur. 2/5 6 p.m. Land Use Committee TH Mon. 2/9 7 p.m. Town Council TH Wed. 2/11 5 p.m. Aging-in-Place Committee TH Wed. 2/11 6 p.m. Ocean Access Committee TH Falmouth Mon. 2/9 4:30 p.m. […]
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Evelyn Pitkanen, 97
FALMOUTH — Evelyn Pitkanen, 97, died Jan. 17 at Legacy at Ocean View, in Falmouth, with her family by her side. She was born Nov. 9, 1917, in Whitman, Massachusetts, the daughter of Marion and Clarence Wright. She resided in Massachusetts with her husband, Tauno, for many years, but purchased a home at Ocean View when […]