How come nobody is talking about these potent, captivating, lip-smacking wines?
February 2015
Posted inFood
Food & Dining Dispatches
PORTLAND Eastern Mediterranean restaurant planned for Hyatt Place Hotel After sitting empty with nothing but a gravel floor for months after the opening of the Hyatt Place Hotel last May, the glass-walled space on the ground floor of the hotel on the corner of Fore and Temple streets is being outfitted as a restaurant named […]
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Posted inCookbook Reviews, Food
Cookbook review: For lasting warmth, roasting helps
In this season of bitter cold, ‘Roasting: Favorite Recipes & Essential Tips for Chicken, Beef, Veggies & More’ by the editors and contributors of Fine Cooking provides some tasty relief.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Portland School Board considering inverting start times
It is looking into having Portland’s elementary schools begin earlier and the high schools start later.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Portland panel still debating fate of former Reed School
PORTLAND — The vacant and unused Thomas B. Reed School will have to continue waiting for a new purpose. Christine Grimando, senior planner for the city, said a task force looking at ways to reuse the building is still evaluating potential uses of the building. But she added “several themes have emerged from the public […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Northern School Notebook: Students honored for art, music, academics
From kindergarten kids to high-school seniors, students throughout the state have created more than 100 works of art as part of Maine Youth Art Month, which begins Saturday with an exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art. The student show of paintings, drawings, sculpture, collage, mixed media pieces and other works is on view through […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Cumberland Police Beat: Feb. 26
Arrests No arrests or criminal summonses were reported from Feb. 9-16. Fire calls 2/12 at 4:08 p.m. Gas leak on Village Way. 2/13 at 9:05 p.m. Smoke detector activation on Cumberland Common. 2/14 at 11:34 a.m. Outside rubbish fire on Hillcrest Drive. 2/16 at 4:31 a.m. Smoke detector activation on York Ledge Drive. 2/16 at […]
Posted inForecaster Obituaries, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Abigail R. Lumsden, 80
NEW GLOUCESTER — Abigail (“Abby”) Randall Lumsden, 80, formerly of Falmouth, died peacefully Feb. 18, with her dog Ben by her side. The daughter of John F. Randall II and Elizabeth Sherman Randall, she was born in Portland on April 10, 1934, and grew up on Falmouth Foreside. She was educated at Underwood School in Falmouth, […]
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth Police Beat: Feb. 26
Arrests No arrests were reported from Feb. 16-22. Summonses 2/22 at 9:23 p.m. A 17-year-old female, of North Yarmouth, was issued a summons on West Main Street by Officer Derek Lucas on a charge of possession of marijuana. Fire calls 2/17 at 1:26 p.m. Fire alarm on Portland Street. 2/18 at 2:27 p.m. Smoke investigation […]
Posted inForecaster Sports, The Forecaster
Portland Sports Roundup
Boys’ hockey playoffs underway Both Cheverus and the Portland/Deering co-op boys’ hockey teams qualified for the Western Class A playoffs. Portland/Deering finished eighth in Western A after a 7-11 regular season, which was capped by losses at Cheverus (5-0) and Biddeford (9-3). Portland/Deering had the daunting task of going to top-ranked, two-time defending state champion […]